Re: ssh issue
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 02:22:34PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> On 11/11/12 13:48, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> >Hmm...authorized_keys contain keys from the user who wants to login. I does
> >not make sense to generate keys for the gpxrecorder account (?).
>
> I typically create user keys on both ends. The O/S installer and/or
> package manager typically create host keys on both ends for me.
> When I get everything else right, SSH works.
>
>
> I suggest creating user keys for gpxrecorder on the server.
Why? If the client machine is never going to have anyone
ssh'ing into it, it doesn't need ssh-server installed.
If any users on the server machine are never going to ssh into any other
machine, then keys never need to be generated for any of those users.
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