On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 08:36:03PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > > The question is how did .ssh/config ever get there in the first place?
Would the following activity trigger creation of .ssh/config ?? * at the end of the Gentoo minimal install I rebooted * oops; can't do passwordless ssh in to root (the only account) * walked over to laptop; tweaked sshd_config to allow root login via password (I'm behind a NATting router); and restarted sshd * ssh into laptop and ran ssh-keygen * walked back to desktop and pushed .ssh/id_rsa.pub from desktop root and waltdnes accounts to .ssh/authorized_keys on laptop * confirmed that desktop could do passwordless ssh to laptop * walked over to laptop; tweaked sshd_config to forbid root login via password; and restarted sshd -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
