ok..  so there's a file that has bobs private key  that I copy to the local server  in the .ssh/ dir path..  

so anyone who logs into the local user..  where I've copied the private key/file  can access  ssh bob@1.2.3.4


did I miss something?

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 4:37 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net> wrote:
On 3/22/20 1:19 PM, bruce wrote:
>    on the remote VM, I want to create a user "bob". I also want to
> modify the remote to ssh into the VM as bob, using sshkeys
>
> do I have to have a local user on my local linux as "bob".. pretty sure
> I don't! but I'm not sure where the local ssh key should be placed, to
> allow me to ssh into the remote using the key. Also, how doe this
> process work when accessing the remote from other local servers.. I'm
> assuming, I have to copy the key/files to any box I want to access the
> remote VM from.

The public key needs to be in bob's .ssh/authorized_keys file.  The
private key needs to be in the .ssh folder of any user on any computer
that wants to ssh to that account.  "ssh bob@1.2.3.4"  If you don't have
the private key saved as the default key, then you will need to either
specify it on the command line or put it in the .ssh/config file.  If
you put it in the config file, you can also set it up so you don't need
to specify the "bob@" part either.  It will automatically use that user
for that host.
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