When you generated the key (id_rsa), you've been prompted for a passphrase, in order to avoid anybody discovering the file to gain access as you would.
Now, you need to type in the passphrase to 'unlock' the key each time you wish to use it. But you don't need anymore to enter a password to gain access to the remote host.
If you don't want to have to enter such a passphrase, just avoid entering any passphrase when generating the key.

kochi wrote:
Hi,

I'm trying to ssh passwordless from a local to a remote machine (both debian).

On the local machine I've generated a key and copied it to the remote machine:

local#ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048
local#scp id_rsa.pub remote.machine:/blabla

On the remote machine I have added the key to .ssh/authorized_keys:

remote#cat id_rsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys


Now if I try to ssh the remote machine I'm still asked to enter the passphrase ...

local# ssh remote.machine
Enter passphrase for key '/root/.ssh/id_rsa':


Have I missed something ?


Thanks in advance,

yours,
kochi





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