ssh key authantication howto

[imneo]

A great guide to connect via ssh without password !

http://scripts-net.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13

[askrieger]

Re: ssh key authantication howto

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[Tecumseh]

Re: ssh key authantication howto

I didn't register on that site so I don't know how they have done it. But here is what I have setup:

In the terminal give the following commands:

xxx:~$ cd .ssh

xxx:~/.ssh$ ssh-keygen -f {Keyname} -t rsa -N ''

xxx:~/.ssh$ cat {Keyname}.pub | ssh loginname@hostname 'mkdir -m 700 -p .ssh; cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys'

xxx:~/.ssh$ ssh -i {Keyname} loginname@hostname

In these commands I have put some things in between accolades that you need to replace:

• {Keyname}: The name that you give to the keypair
• {loginname}: The loginname you have on the machine you want to connect to
• {hostname}: The domainname or ip-adres of the machine you want to connect to

* edit * Totaly forgot that you also need the commands to use the key.

To login with this key you have to type the following command:

ssh -i ~/.ssh/{Keyname} {loginname}@{hostname}