Thanks Jon On 25 March 2011 09:41, Jon Spriggs <[email protected]> wrote:
> SSH keys are created by producing a pair of cryptographically equivelent > numbers with a size of (usually) 1024 or 2048 bits (I think!) long. When > performing a complex equation, the result of encrypting one with the other > returns the same value. It is not linked to a hardware value. > > You can share the same private key around all the machines you own and > trust, and put the public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the accounts > you are trusted to access. Typically, I create a new account with my > username the same everywhere, but you may want to set it up differently. > So Id need the private key on each machine in doing the accessing *from?* > Remember, network access (such as port forwarding the VNC port) does not > require you to be in the same account as the user. If you need to act as the > user, you can login with your account and type > > sudo su - USERNAME > Id need to create a user called "support" on one of my machines, to generate a private / public key pair for the "support" user? > where username is the person you are supporting. The hyphen in the su > command means "pretend I just logged in as them". > > If you are supporting a lot of machines, I'd start looking at creating a > ~/.ssh/config file, but from the sounds of things, that's a while off yet! > > All the best, > -- > Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs > On 25 Mar 2011 08:51, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe ssh keys are generated from hardware I'd's, things like mac > address etc. > > > > So I would expect if you created a new users, the old key would still > work. > > > > Bodsda > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Byte Soup <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:47:38 > > To: UK Ubuntu Talk<[email protected]> > > Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote support for family & friends > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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