using keybased ssh authentication

I want to connect from my simpad to my server using ssh with keybased
authentication without password. Using some Ubuntu box instead of my
Simpad works fine.

First I generate a key on my server with
"ssh-keygen -b 512 -t rsa -f small"

I add "small.pub" to my servers "authorized_keys2",
copy "small" to my simpads "/home/root/.ssh/id_rsa" and
copy "small.pub" to my simpads "/home/root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub".
But the key is ignored by ssh on the simpad.

By entering "ssh -i /home/root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user_at_server" I get "ssh:
exited: string too long".

Where did I go wrong?

Thanks for your time,

Christian Brandt
Received on Mon Oct 08 2007 - 11:19:18 EDT