RSA with SSH

[Timothy Wilson <wilson@visi.com>]

Hi everyone,

I've been trying at various times to set up SSH authentication to Visi via
RSA. I can't get it to work and I wonder if someone could suggest what I'm
doing wrong. (I'm running SSH 1.2.27)

Here's what I've done.
1. run 'ssh-keygen' on my local machine to generate public/private keys
and type long, cryptic passphrase that I won't remember for more than an
hour.
2. copy ~/.ssh/identity.pub to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the remote
machine.
3. I also created a ~/.ssh/config file on the local and remote machines
that contain 'RSAAthorization yes'

Normally, loggin in via SSH is no problem. I type password, I get access.
Now when I connect using 'ssh visi.com' I get challenged for the
passphrase every time. Entering the correct passphrase does allow me in.
Hitting return prompts me for my regular password.

What am I missing?

-Tim

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