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Created June 29, 2010 13:25
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#!/bin/sh
# ssh-copy-id for mac os x
KEY="$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
if [ ! -f $KEY ];then
echo "private key not found at $KEY"
echo "* please create it with "ssh-keygen -t dsa" *"
echo "* to login to the remote host without a password, don't give the key you create with ssh-keygen a password! *"
exit
fi
if [ -z $1 ];then
echo "Please specify user@host.tld as the first switch to this script"
exit
fi
echo "Putting your key on $1... "
KEYCODE=`cat $KEY`
cat $KEY | ssh $1 "cat - >> ~/.authorized_keys ; mkdir -p ~/.ssh ; mv ~/.authorized_keys ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
echo "done!"
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Et7f3 commented May 8, 2022

I searched upstream of mac os ssh copy id to fix something. Apparently it is bsd repo. And I found your gists with google.

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