On Wednesday 21 September 2016 12:24:39 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > 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
Thanks Tomas, I'll see what I've missed. Right now its working but its all passwd protected. Well enough I think I can get the public key moved. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>