Atomicorp

How do I set up Putty to log into SSH without typing passwords??
I have been told this is the best way.. but have never figured out how

And you want to do this for added SSH security or just to save typing a password?

You really should use certificate authentication for SSH whenever possible and even then, still use a pass phrase to secure the key. For ultimate security disable direct root access and use su (requiring yet another pass phrase ) to gain root privileges.

Not sure there is a way to save the pass phrase for a key and have that auto log-on in puTTY, probably as its a bad security model! If you can cope with the typing of passwords, there are plenty of guides to achieving tighter SSH security and/or I can post a guide to doing it.

I did some video tutorials about it here:

http://www.atomicorp.com/Tutorials/

Check the PuTTY documentation: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.6 ... pter8.html

Thanks guys.

And you want to do this for added SSH security or just to save typing a password?

For more security of course
No.. I'm not lazy.. just not confident with changes lol... but after just having a new hard drive installed and a re-image.. I want to make sure this system is as secure as it can be without choking it haha.

Scott.. those tutorials.. Dec 31st 1969??

Probably a 0 in the time column that was added later. 0 in Unix time is Dec 31, 1969, 1 sec to midnight.

And this is the sound of me with bigger problems to take care of. Really, the time stamp guys? really?

Scott I only commented on it in light hearted jest.. no.. they dont concern me one little bit lol

.. on another note though.. it does seem bigger issues or problems posted are usually ignored

I dunno, it depends on the scope. Sometimes I dont comment on something thats been answered before.