tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336462756272110356.post-44549082374356305892009-04-20T13:21:00.000-07:002009-04-20T13:23:10.841-07:00<table id="LogContentTLRN" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr id="LogActivityRLRN_9__219" valign="top"></tr><tr id="LogActivityRLRN_9__219" valign="top"><span id="UpdateSR"><span id="SRDetailsSubTabRN"><span id="SRHistoryTabxRN"><span id="SRLogxRN"></span></span></span></span><td id="ActivitySpcCFRN_9__219" width="10"><br /></td><td id="ActivityTextCFRN_9__219" align="left"><h3 class="post-title">SSH no password rsa-key RHEL</h3><br /><span id="ActivityTextFLRN_9__219"><span id="NoteDetailText_4__219" class="x4"><br />1) On the machine you are trying to access open a terminal and </span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">(Skip these step if you never generated a key before and or you want a fresh start)</span><br /><span id="ActivityTextFLRN_9__219"><span id="NoteDetailText_4__219" class="x4"><br /> a) As root backup .ssh directory for the user by moving it to ssh.backup<br /><br /> # mv /home/user/.ssh/ ssh.backup<br /><br />2) On the machine that we will generate the RSA-Key open a terminal and </span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">(Skip these step if you never generated a key before and or you want a fresh start)</span><br /><span id="ActivityTextFLRN_9__219"><span id="NoteDetailText_4__219" class="x4"> <br /> a) As root backup .ssh directory for the user by moving it to ssh.backup<br /> <br /> # mv /home/user/.ssh/ ssh.backup<br /><br />3)On the machine that we will generate the RSA-Key open a terminal and<br /> <br /> a) Create the RSA key as the user you want to access the remote machine<br /> <br /> # ssh-keygen<br /><br /> b) Press enter to accept defaults<br /> <br /> Generating public/private rsa key pair.<br /> Enter file in which to save the key (/home/manuken/.ssh/id_rsa):<br /> Created directory '/home/manuken/.ssh'.<br /><br /> c)Press enter leave the passphrase blank<br /><br /> Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):<br /> Enter same passphrase again:<br /> Your identification has been saved in /home/manuken/.ssh/id_rsa.<br /> Your public key has been saved in /home/manuken/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.<br /> The key fingerprint is:<br /> 8a:8f:d3:9e:db:d5:93:b7:c4:fd:d8:0a:21:e1:47:91 manuken@manuken-laptop.lan<br /><br />4) Now copy the key to the remote machine .<br /> <br /> <br /> # ssh-copy-id -i $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@remotehost<br /><br />5) ssh in to the machine you should be able to access without a password.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7336462756272110356-4454908237435630589?l=www.adminlinux.org' alt='' /></div>bighandsbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10204317846080625082Bighandsbird@gmail.com0