[ale] Stupid question: SSH identity file for remote server

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Mon Feb 23 08:42:40 EST 2015


+1 on ssh-copy-id. It's part of ssh tools across (probably) all
incarnations of ssh.
On Feb 23, 2015 8:38 AM, "Justin Caratzas" <bigjust at lambdaphil.es> wrote:

>  Correct, but you will need to add your pubkey to the .ssh/authorized_keys
> file.
>
> Ubuntu has a utility `ssh-copy-id` that simplifies copying pubkeys to
> remote hosts.
>
> -- Justin
>
> On 2/23/15 8:26 AM, Jonathan Meek wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm working on getting rdiff-backup working on my raspberry pi server. So
> far I have setup a user on the pi meant strictly for connecting via ssh and
> then doing the rdiff-backup.
>
> Am I thinking correctly in that if I want to do SSH keys instead of
> passwords that I will need to create a public/private keys on my laptop and
> then copy the public key over to the server under the .ssh folder for the
> user on my server?
>
> I feel like I should know this but just need confirmation that I am
> thinking right.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
>
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