ssh

tiny howto for setting up ssh with an ssh agent (with openssh)

  1. create a ssh key pair - preferrably a ssh2 ssh key...
    ssh-keygen -t dsa
  2. add the public part of your ssh key - id_dsa.pub - to the authorized keys file - ~/.ssh/authorized_keys - of all machines you need access to
  3. start the ssh agent...
    ssh-agent bash or ssh-agent screen
  4. add the key...
    ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsa or just ssh-add

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