Quick and Easy Passwordless public-key auth

13 Dec 2009 by Ethan Zonca, 1 Comment »

Need passwordless auth with ssh? Need it really really fast? 3 steps and you’re done.

  1. ssh-keygen -t rsa      (don’t enter a passphrase)
  2. ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa user@remotehost
  3. ssh user@remotehost

Wasn’t that easy?

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  1. Insurgency: Access your linux box from anywhere « [protofusion] says:
    December 13, 2009 at 2:33 am

    [...] If you have not done so already, you need to set up passwordless public key authentication for the new insurgent user. To do this, check out the quick article on passwordless auth. [...]

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