


but I don't know why it's working!All the online (macOS) documentation that I read regarding this process mentions tweaks that should be made to the daemon configuration file: /etc/sshd_config However, that file does not exist! I do have the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config (and a whole lot of other stuff in that directory) but no ssh-related files in /etc.These online sources say that I need to make the following changes to /etc/sshd_config:RSAAuthentication yesPubkeyAuthentication yesPermitRootLogin noPasswordAuthentication noPermitEmptyPasswords noChallengeResponseAuthentication noI've never made a single one of these changes - because there is no /etc/sshd_config in El Capitan or High Sierra - yet everything works as expected. You will be prompted to enter your password. For example if you are trying to connect to you would enter 'ssh -Y '.
and everything I've done so far is working perfectly fine (as far as I can tell). Run the Terminal application which you can find in your Applications->Utilities folder on your Mac In the terminal window enter the command 'ssh -YI understand the process of setting up password-less ssh operations having done this before (on macOS and non-macOS systems).

and wanted to configure password-less operation of ssh between these machines. I've been doing a lot of systems setup, backup, copying, etc. When you edit the file, make sure it is 'Plain Text' using the menu at the top of the screen and clicking Format -> Make Plain Text. If it says that file doesn't exist, create it with: touch config. What is the proper location for sshd_config? I'm running both El Capitan and High Sierra on various boxes. Now open the file config with the default editor: open -t config.
