Anne Wilson wrote: > I frequently use ssh+keys to do yum updates on my server, but I've not used it > on other parts of the LAN. Now I want to, and I realise that I'm not clear on > one very important point. > > Is a ssh key specific to a computer, or to a user? That is, does my key > pertain to any box on the lan, as long as I'm the user? Or is it machine > specific - in which case I would think that every user would have the same > key, which seems unlikely. Then again, is it a combination of user and > computer, in which case every user needs a specific key on every box he uses > (assuming that he may want to ssh to other boxes). > > I suspect that the last case is the correct one, but I want to be sure. > Thanks > > Anne > Also lookup up fail2ban, in case your ssh server is open to the world. Frank -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
