-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlfitEcACgkQBcgs9XrR2kbHtQCcDxCW1tvvn/iO2diu3Ke7efuC C5gAn0iq813ipmLaxhYbiBvoahFEYQ0v =0El5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----