Difference between revisions of "SSH Tips"

Revision as of 12:40, 14 October 2008

So for quick copying, to generate an SSH key pair on the client machine:

ssh-keygen -t rsa

and to send your client machine's key to any server on which you wish to be able to log in without a password (e.g. ~/bin/send-key):

#!/bin/sh
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh -p 59721 root@${1} "cat - >> .ssh/authorized_keys"

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 *[http://oreilly.com/pub/h/66 my usual reference for SSH key exchange]
-(As also noted further down on that page) here's a script to send your client machine's key to any server on which you wish to be able to log in without a password (e.g. ~/bin/send-key):
+So for quick copying, to generate an SSH key pair on the client machine:
+ ssh-keygen -t rsa
+and to send your client machine's key to any server on which you wish to be able to log in without a password (e.g. ~/bin/send-key):
   #!/bin/sh
   cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh -p 59721 root@${1} "cat - >> .ssh/authorized_keys"