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Created February 24, 2012 14:38
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ssh-copy-id
#!/bin/sh
ID_FILE="${HOME}/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
if [ "-i" = "$1" ]; then
shift
# check if we have 2 parameters left, if so the first is the new ID file
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
if expr "$1" : ".*\.pub" > /dev/null ; then
ID_FILE="$1"
else
ID_FILE="$1.pub"
fi
shift # and this should leave $1 as the target name
fi
else
if [ x$SSH_AUTH_SOCK != x ] && ssh-add -L >/dev/null 2>&1; then
GET_ID="$GET_ID ssh-add -L"
fi
fi
if [ -z "`eval $GET_ID`" ] && [ -r "${ID_FILE}" ] ; then
GET_ID="cat ${ID_FILE}"
fi
if [ -z "`eval $GET_ID`" ]; then
echo "$0: ERROR: No identities found" >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ "$#" -lt 1 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 [-i [identity_file]] [user@]machine" >&2
exit 1
fi
{ eval "$GET_ID" ; } | ssh ${1%:} "umask 077; test -d .ssh || mkdir .ssh ; cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys" || exit 1
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