Friday 22 April 2011

passwordless ssh

Assume A wants to login passwordless on B




1. create public+private keys
A:
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter

files created:
private saved in .ssh/id_rsa
public key is save in .ssh/id_rsa.pub


2. copy keys
A (automatic: recommended):
$ ssh-copy-id user@B

or

B (manually):
in .ssh/authorized_keys (pc B) add the contents of .ssh/id_rsa.pub (pc A)

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