On Fri, 2017-06-30 at 18:35 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > Uh, mount the USB stick somewhere and use something like: > > ssh -i /path/to/usb/stick/name-of-your-identity-file user@host > > e.g. > > mkdir ~/usbstick > mount /dev/sdb1 ~/usbstick > ssh -i ~/usbstick/my_id_rsa_file rick@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > I believe the identity file must still have the right permissions > (0600 > or "rw-------" and that it's the identity file, NOT the public > identity > key file. Thanks. I'll give it another try. It may be that I'm just not patient enough. A couple of years ago, I set up a surveillance camera or two for a friend and wanted to make them sftp the images to a server. I swear to God I could never get it to authenticate. After about three hours I threw up my hands and had it send encrypted files by email. Which then meant I had to write a bunch of scripts to get them and put them in the right place. Not one of my more productive afternoons. But, there was a limited amount of work I was willing to do so that a neighbor could watch deer in her backyard on her cellphone... billo _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
