On Sat, 2017-07-01 at 09:31 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > 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. :-) > Thanks. Well, I'll give it another shot. billo _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
