Re: Need a tutorial

[<tomas@tuxteam.de>]

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On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:18:55AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all, Dr Klepp in particular;
> 
> Where can I get a tut on doing the ssh keyfile login, and where can I 
> find a tutorial that is essentialy what Dr. Klepp had me do about a year  
> back that made these 3 commands in my rc.local file Just Work:

Basically:

 1. you need a keypair. Unless you have it already, you generate one
    with ssh-keygen. There, you have the choice to let it use the default
    file name (typically, ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub or similar,
    depending on the key type) and whether you want the private key
    protected by a passphrase (recommended, but you have to unlock it
    either with ssh-add or whatever mechanism your desktop environment
    has for you).

 2. you copy the public part to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the server's
    user you want to log into -- there's the handy "ssh-copy-id" for that.
    From the client

    ssh-add # if not done already
    ssh-copy-id user@server # enter for one last time user's password there

This is the bird's view. Ask if you get stuck.

regards
- -- t
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