42 » bash http://www.42.mach7x.com Thoughts and tips about programming with Ruby on Rails Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:57:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Password – less logins and aliases with ssh http://www.42.mach7x.com/2008/02/06/password-less-logins-and-aliases-with-ssh/ http://www.42.mach7x.com/2008/02/06/password-less-logins-and-aliases-with-ssh/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:44:54 +0000 kosmas http://www.42.mach7x.com/2008/02/06/password-less-logins-and-aliases-with-ssh/ Problem
You want to be able to login to different servers with ssh, but don’t want to be using your password every time.

Solution
We assume that you already have installed ssh and have created ssh public keys in your local machine.

  1. Run the following in your local machine: 
    ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user_name@remote_host
  2. If you want to add aliases in your bash profile so you don’t have to type the whole address of the remote host, edit your .bashrc and add: 
    alias short_name="ssh user_name@remote_host"
  3. Restart your X server
  4. You should be able to login with ssh without using your password by typing in your command prompt in your local machine: 
    short_name
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