Am 11.7.08 um 19:59 schrieb ntongoy:

> Do I have to include the 'j' in "ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa
> j<username><host&gt;" ?
>
Aah - no, my bad (incomplete edit/copy/paste operation).

just replace <username> with the remote username and <host&gt; with the
host address.
Essentially, this is a regular ssh command with the additional "-i
~/.ssh/id_dsa"; option.

</jum>
>
>
&gt; --- In cvsgui%40yahoogroups.com">cvsguiyahoogroups.com, Jens Miltner <jum...> wrote:
&gt; >
>; >
>; > Am 11.7.08 um 17:06 schrieb ntongoy:
> >
>; > > I ran into an error installing the SSHKeyChain. It says:
&gt; > > The following install step failed: run postinstall script for
> > > SSHKeyChain...
>; > >
>; > > I am a mac newbie. What do you think should I do with this error?
&gt; > >
>; > If you're running Leopard, forget about any 3rd party ssh-agent
> > utilities like SSHKeyChain - you won't need them.
&gt; >
>; > Instead, create an ssh key using
&gt; > ssh-keygen -d
> > from the commandline prompt (i.e. in Terminal).
> > This will prompt you for a location to save (it suggests ~/.ssh/
> id_dsa
&gt; > as the default location, which is perfectly fine and I assume you're
&gt; > using this for now).
&gt; > It will also prompt you for a passphrase to protect your key.
>; >
>; > Once it's finished, you'll have a private (id_dsa) and a public
&gt; > (id_dsa.pub) key file in the location you specified (~/.ssh by
> default).
> > Next, you need to transfer the public keyfile to the remote machine
> > (DON'T TRANSFER YOUR PRIVATE KEY FILE), e.g. using
&gt; >
>; > cat .ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh <username><host&gt; 'cat - >> .ssh/
&gt; > authorized_keys'
&gt; >
>; > Verify that your keyfile is on the remote machine and recognized by
> > ssh'ing into the remote machine. You should now be prompted for your
>; > passphrase if you chose to provide one when creating the key.
>; >
>; > If this works, the next step will be to stuff the passphrase in you
> > keychain using the command I mentioned before:
> >
>; > ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa j<username><host&gt;
> >
>; > Once done, verify that you can now ssh into the remote host without
> > having to enter your passphrase.
> > Once this works, you're fine to use ssh access from MacCvsX.
> >
>; > HTH,
>; > </jum&gt;
> > >
>; > >

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