current recommended way of configuring ssh for password-less login

[Hans Horn]

On 4/13/2015 1:32 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 04/13/2015 03:59 PM, Hans Horn wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> as the subject line says.
>>
>> no matter what ssh-keys I use, or permissions I set, the ssh server
>> insists
>> in wanting my password.
>>
>> What is the current expert-recommended way of accomplishing password-less
>> ssh under cygwin?
>
> Run '/usr/bin/ssh-host-config' on the Cygwin installation that's the server
> and '/usr/bin/ssh-user-config' on the Cygwin installation under the user
> login that will be logging into the 'sshd' server.  This assumes that
> you're
> not connected to a domain.  If you are, see this FAQ:
>
> <https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.sshd-in-domain>
>
>
Thanks, Larry. That (/usr/bin/ssh-user-config) did the trick.

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