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With Linux, it is possible to log in to a remote computer without having to type a password. You authenticate yourself with your "digital signature" and your public key.
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;Goal: You want to log in using [[ssh]] to a remote computer. You do not want to enter a password, but you want maximum security.
 
 
 
;Solution: Establish a trust relationship so your desktop's ssh key is authorized on your server like this:
 
desktop:~ # ssh-keygen -t dsa
 
Generating public/private dsa key pair.
 
Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_dsa):
 
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
 
Enter same passphrase again:
 
Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_dsa.
 
Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_dsa.pub.
 
The key fingerprint is:
 
1c:9a:b8:03:ab:04:b3:7b:75:49:99:8c:51:79:5d:06 root@scorpio
 
 
 
Now you just need to copy your public key to the remote machine so that it can recognize you:
 
ssh-copy-id root@server
 
 
 
Of course, you could also alternatively this by hand:
 
desktop:~ # cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh root@server "cat >>.ssh/authorized_keys"
 
 
 
In this example, you create a key pair with no passphrase and distribute the public key from the computer ''desktop'' to ''server''. The user root from ''desktop'' no longer needs to authenticate with his password, he can log in to ''server'' from ''desktop'' with the [[command]]
 
desktop:~ # ssh server
 
Welcome to server.
 
server:~ #
 

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