As @manojlds mentioned, you can copy ssh keys. I personally did this on development machines.
The connection time is apparently due to the fact that ssh-daemon is not working. To verify that you can connect to the machine, perform the following diagnostics.
ps -ef | grep sshd
You should get
root 726 1 0 08:07 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
If sshd is running, double-check the permissions on your keys and force the value to 0700.
cd .ssh chmod -R 0700 *
Try running ssh -v <user>@<host> if you get
ssh -v 192.168.0.150 OpenSSH_5.8p1 Debian-1ubuntu3, OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.150 [192.168.0.150] port 22. debug1: connect to address 192.168.0.150 port 22: Connection refused ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.150 port 22: Connection refused
then there is a problem with your sshdaemon, because the initial handshake failed. A successful message is as follows:
OpenSSH_5.8p1 Debian-1ubuntu3, OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.xxx [192.168.0.xxx] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 debug1: Checking blacklist file /usr/share/ssh/blacklist.RSA-2048 debug1: Checking blacklist file /etc/ssh/blacklist.RSA-2048 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.6 debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.6 pat OpenSSH* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.8p1 Debian-1ubuntu3 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY debug1: Server host key: RSA zz The authenticity of host '192.168.0.xxx (192.168.0.xxx)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is zzzzz. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added '192.168.0.xxx' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: Roaming not allowed by server debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/parj/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 279 debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey). Authenticated to 192.168.0.xxx ([192.168.0.xxx]:22). debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions@openssh.com debug1: Entering interactive session. debug1: Sending environment. debug1: Sending env LANG = en_GB.UTF-8 Last login: Wed Dec 21 16:46:48 2011
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