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(a)zip.com.au>
> >
>
> 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