Re: adding an ID with ssh password authentication broken passwordless authentication

[Andrew DeFaria <Andrew at DeFaria dot com>]

On 9/14/2012 9:00 AM, John Ward wrote:
> John Ward <ingops <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> I finally figured it out.  It actually was a problem with a domain account that
> I broke when I ran "mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd" to make sure the new local
> account existed in the passwd file (obviously removing the Domain account in the
> process).
>
> So I identified the issue improperly.  I just need to read a lot more about
> Cygwin and take some tutorials or something.
>
> As soon as I put back the domain account information back into the passwd file
> by running "mkpasswd -d MyDomain -u MyID >> /etc/passwd", then I was able to
> successfully SSH from another machine (It asked for the password, and it
> worked).  I then was able to successfully SFTP to the 2003 server from another
> server (setup with the keys).
>
> I guess I need to learn how to properly ssh in from another machine using the
> passwordless login.
>
> Can anyone recommend a "cygwin for dummies" site, or a list of great resources
> to learn more?
Learn to help yourself: 
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+setup+passwordless+ssh&l=1 or 
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+setup+passwordless+ssh+in+cygwin

Let us know if you still need help.
--
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just 
whipped out a quarter?


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