authorized keys linux...how have i not been doing this more ...also i love ssh-agent

ssh_authorized_keys_setup.md

[ Dana = Local Machine ]
[ Michael = remote machine ]

1. cd into home .ssh directory on Dana

cd ~/.ssh

2. On Dana Create a keypair and include a passphrase (we can have apple keychain save it and never have to remember it... thanks ssh-agent)

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "key for blablabla"

By default it will create "id_rsa" and "id_rsa.pub"

2. Append *.pub created to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on Michael

ssh user@michael
scp id_rsa.pub ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

3. On Dana modify the config file

vi ~/.ssh/config

Host dana
Hostname dana.box.com
User username
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

4. Now SSH in and it should ask you to save your passphrase to your keychain. You can now use the Host specified in the config file

ssh dana

5. You're done, now you are using the key with your passphrase everytime but never need to remember it. Your computer will save it securely for you.

:-)

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