ssh-keygen on network mnt'd HOME

ronin1 · 10-06-2004, 11:31 AM

I'm trying to ssh between 6 rh9 servers without having to type my password in evertime. The problem i'm running into is my users home directory is shared across all 6 boxes. I've tried to create unique private keys in the same .ssh directory then cat the pubic keys to "authorized_keys" (same directory). The unique naming convention i'm using is "id_rsa_user_host --- id_rsa_user_host.pub". Is there a way I could have multiple private keys in the id_rsa file?

Does anyone have an easier way to do this?

christhom · 10-06-2004, 01:27 PM

authorized_keys is a ssh1-ism. You should be using ssh protocol 2, in which case you should just be able to add all the .pub files to the ~/.ssh2/authorization file. e.g., mine looks like this:
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cthom@mycomputer:~/.ssh2$ more authorization
Key id_dsa.pub
Key id_dsa_1024_b.pub
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but if you home dir is cross-mounted, I don't see why you need more than 1 key. ssh should supply the same public/private key-pair between any machine. right?