Generating public/private rsa key in Solaris

To set the auto authentication in ssh please follow the steps described below:


bash-3.00$ ssh-keygen -t rsa
Generating public/private rsa key pair.

Enter file in which to save the key (/home/oracle/.ssh/id_rsa):  <Press Enter>


Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):  <Press Enter>


Enter same passphrase again:  <Press Enter>

Your identification has been saved in /home/oracle/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/oracle/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
22:55:d2:30:cb:5f:7b:eb:1e:ec:8e:72:48:cb:05:b6 oracle@DCDB01

bash-3.00$ pwd
/home/oracle

bash-3.00$ cd .ssh/
bash-3.00$ cat id_rsa.pub | ssh root@172.17.2.100 "cat - >> /.ssh/authorized_keys"

The authenticity of host '172.17.2.100 (172.17.2.100)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is b5:3a:ce:a0:9f:44:18:ee:a0:33:a3:c6:ff:1a:b0:c3.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '172.17.2.100' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

Password: 
< Provide password of remote host. i.e. 172.17.2.100 >

< Check That the authentication is working >

bash-3.00$ ssh root@172.17.2.100

Last login: Wed May  9 10:12:55 2012 from 172.17.2.101
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root@DCDB3 # 


< So, the connection was established>