an ontopic post how dare I :P
Frank Murphy wrote:
on client machine in real life I use the client in client.pub to
indicate what machine it came from
ssh-keygen -t rsa
scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub username at far.machine:/home/username/.ssh/client.pub
ssh -C username at far.machine
{yes folks I use -C even on local lans it does help}
using password - for the last time
cd .ssh
cat client.pub >> authorized_keys
{the >> appends not overwrites, use of > would overwrite}
CTRL^D
{to log out of the far machine, then test I got it right}
ssh -C username at far.machine
no passwords needed, how lovely :)
so easy even aunt tillie could do it!
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