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Dean Allen http://textdrive.com

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Generate secure ssh keys

to ssh shell by dean on May 26, 2005 1 Comments
Here's how to get to a quick secure shell login. On your computer (replace all values in CAPS of course):

cd ~
ssh-keygen -t dsa


(just hit return at any prompts, even if it asks for a password). Then:

scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub YOURUSER@YOURSERVER.textdrive.com:~/.ssh/authorized_keys


And put in the password for your account when prompted. Next, add the following to ~/.ssh/config:

Host SOMESHORTCUT
Port 22
User YOURUSER
Hostname YOURSERVER.textdrive.com
KeepAlive yes


Restart the local shell, and then whenever you want to login to your server, just type:

ssh SOMESHORTCUT


...and you'll zip right in.
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