Re: Fwd: ssh-keygen

[David Watson <david@planetwatson.co.uk>]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:29:26 +0100
Bob Cox <debian-user@lists.bobcox.com> wrote:
> This is how I do it when setting up a new machine:
> 
> ssh-keygen -t dsa
> <enter, enter, enter>
> cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh me@otherhost 'cat
> >> .ssh/authorized_keys2' <enter password>
> 
> Then:
> ssh me@otherhost (should work without password)
> 

To copy the key to the remote host you may can also use the following
command:

ssh-copy-id me@otherhost

which takes care of copying to the right location and ensuring the
permissions are set correctly.


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