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Setting up SSHd without requiring a password
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| Run ssh-keygen. This creates the files ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | |
| Copy this file across to the host on which you want to login. | |
| Run ssh-copy-id -i <filename> user@hostname | |
| The user and hostname are on the destination system - copy this off the bash prompt | |
| Putty uses a different format so use PuttyKeygen to load the private key and convert it to ppk format |
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