Re: ssh on aix5.3. Logging in without passwords

From: 0xbeef (oxbeef_at_dev.null)
Date: 11/29/05


Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:30:36 +0200

Frank Fegert wrote:

> mworrad@abtgroup.com.au wrote:
>> ssh on aix5.3. I can log in as user root without passwd but cannot
>> setup any other user to login without passwd. Has anyone got this
>> working
>
> Yes, I use it all the time. Create Pub-/Priv-Key pair with
> ssh-keygen. Use an empty password for the Priv-Key. Put the
> Pub-Key on the destination machine into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.
> Make sure the .ssh dir and the authorized_keys are owner read-
> able only 0700 and 0600 respectively. The $HOME of the user
> has to be at least 0750. Set up the SSHD on the destination
> machine for PubKeyAuth. Restart the SSHD.

smit chuser -> Allow remote logins



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