Passwordless login with ssh
Andrew DeFaria
Andrew@DeFaria.com
Fri Oct 17 06:54:00 GMT 2003
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>> Now on to another problem. Perhaps this can't be done. As the user
>> adefaria I wish to ssh to another machine as another user (ccadmin)
>> and not be prompted with a password. Is this doable without "giving
>> away the farm" security-wise? To allow certain users the right to ssh
>> as another user without the need for a password?
>
> Sure you can. I do it all the time. Simply generate a public/private
> key pair for the user on your home machine, and add the public key to
> the authorized_keys file for ccadmin.
I'm figuring that out. Thanks for the guidance.
>> Finally, I would like to ssh to my home machine without needing a
>> password. At work I'm adefaria, at home I'm Andrew. I wish to
>>
>> $ hostname
>> adefaria
>> $ echo $USER
>> adefaria
>> $ ssh Andrew@<home>.com
>>
>> and have my home machine set up to allow adefaria@adefaria to come in
>> as Andrew.
>
> Same as above: generate a key pair for adefaria at work, and add the
> public key to the authorized keys file for Andrew at home.
Yes. This is cool. OK, thanks guys...
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