Linux SSH key setup

Posted by Tom Willett Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:15:00 GMT

How do you set up auto-login with ssh keys? Everytime I set up a new server I have to look this up. So here I will write it down.

Step 1 -- Generate the DSA key pair

ssh-keygen -t dsa

Step 2 -- Copy key to remote server

cd
scp .ssh/id_dsa.pub user@server:/

Step 3 -- Logon to remove server and append key to authorized_keys

ssh server
cat id_dsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys

That's It

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