On 6/22/10 9:27 PM, kamcginnis@gmail.com wrote:

> Yes, I am using cygwin.

Ok, the key difference on Windows using Cygwin versus *nix machines is that there's

no /home directory. /home is underneath whereever cygwin is installed, usually

c:\cygwin\home. Here's what I did on my Vista machine, in Windows Terminal, to enable

passwordless logins to my server:

ssh-keygen -t dsa

<press enter through every prompt>

<make a note of the directory where it tells you the key is installed,

for me it was /home/Administrator/.ssh/id_dsa.pub>

c:

cd c:\cygwin\Administrator\.ssh

scp id_dsa.pub root@paulmcnett.com:

<enter password>

ssh root@paulmcnett.com

<enter password>

cat id_dsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys2

exit

ssh root@paulmcnett.com

<no password prompt>

HTH

If your client machine is ever compromised, first thing to do is go to the server and

remove the entry in .ssh/authorized_keys2 corresponding to the client, so the thief

can't log on to your server for free.

Paul

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