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.
- ssh-keygen -t rsa (don’t enter a passphrase)
- ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa user@remotehost
- ssh user@remotehost
Wasn’t that easy?


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