On 01/02/08 07:19 -0500, John Mort wrote: > That looks straightforward enough, one question though. When you scp > id_dsa.pub to porkchop.net:.ssh/authorized_keys, are you not > overwriting .ssh/authorized_keys? The account I log into on this box > is an untrusted user account that he also uses, so I want to make sure > I don't mess up anything he has set up there.
It would overwrite anything that was there. In my case, there was nothing there. If you want to add the new key, do something like: (on local machine) scp id_dsa.pub porkchop.net:freedom.key (on server) cat freedom.key >> .ssh/authorized_keys -porkchop _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
