Pi prompts for SSH passphrase

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I have just set up SSH key pairs for logging into my Pi remotely from my windows box with Putty in my home network.

It does not prompt for a password (as I have set that to "no" in sshd_config).

But when I login with putty, it prompts me for the passphrase for the RSA key everytime.

How do turn off the passphrase prompt? I just want to login without entering any passphrase, and have it based on private/public key creds alone.

Josh · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-28 07:49:49Z

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I seem to have a found a solution, but I'm not sure if there is a better way.

I have Pageant (Putty authentication agent) running and I ensured my private key has been added.

Putty now authenticates automatically.

answered Dec 28, 2013 at 7:49

Josh

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Great solution - another way is to save the private key without password protection, but that is not very secure at all.. :-)
– Jervelund
Dec 28, 2013 at 9:56
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+1 I'm not a Putty or Windows user, but for posterity, the equivalent of Pageant if you are using ssh from, e.g., a linux terminal or X session, is ssh-agent -- you register a key with it and enter the password once, thereafter you don't need to enter a password every time you use SSH.
– goldilocks ♦
Dec 28, 2013 at 14:03

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