From: nkidd@indiana.edu
Newsgroups: suso.linux-help
Subject: Re: ssh
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 05:52:51 -0500
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Nevermind guys, figured it out with a little research and the help of some
friends.
nick

nkidd wrote:

> Suso,
>     I untarred the ssh.tar.gz files.  Then I ran the commands
> ./configure, make, and make install.
> Next I ran ssh-keygen.  However, I really do not see what all this is
> supposed to do.  I read the help files and am still a little lost to
> say.  Am I not correctly installing ssh, and/or is there other steps
> that must be done.  Also, I did all this as root, put the keys in
> /root/.ssh/nkidd (wasn't sure of what identity was, put nkidd).  The
> keys were generated.  However nothing seems different.  I logged into a
> remote machine and then from that one I even logged back into my own
> machine and the ssh password was never asked for?
> thanks,
> nick