Using Your Keys in Linux

Filed under: Technical References

Posted: March 7, 2009

From the machine on which you made your key:

scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub auser@london.cs.uri.edu

Install the key:

ssh auser@london.cs.uri.edu
cp id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
logout

Alternatively, if your machine provides ssh-copy-id, you only need to:

ssh-copy-id auser@london.cs.uri.edu

Test the key:

ssh auser@london.cs.uri.edu
Authenticating with public key “imported-openssh-key”
Passphrase for key “imported-openssh-key”:
LONDON.cs.uri.edu
Last login: Mon May 15 21:36:19 2006 from ….
Problems? mailto:sysstaff@cs.uri.edu
Have a nice day!
auser@london ~ $