On 07/01/17 09:14, William Oliver wrote: > On Sat, 2017-07-01 at 10:23 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: >> [snip] >> >> If you cannot set up a key on the foreign machine ahead of time, yes >> stick your >> "travelling" key on a USB stick and use it. That way you can revoke >> it if >> somehow it gets comprimised. >> >> Cheers, >> Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > You know, I don't like to sound stupid, but I've tried to set this up, > and I've never gotten it to work reliably. Inevitably I get frustrated > and go back to password based ssh. Is there an Idiot's Guide to > setting this up somewhere? > Not sure where you are getting "stuck" but you can google "using ssh keys' for some pointers. Or you can go to https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/Deployment_Guide/s2-ssh-configuration-keypairs.html . It is "old" but still valid. What you need to take with you is your private key (id_rsa). But if you use a "traveling" id it should have been created with a password in the case where you leave it unattended. :-) -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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