Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 11:00:34 +0100 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: fbsd backup 2 remote Message-ID: <20030223100034.GA10205@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20030222214628.GB7546@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <20030222145404.GA251@pooh.nagual.st> <20030222160437.GA5430@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <20030222210343.GA18760@nagual.st> <20030222214628.GB7546@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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On 22 Feb Matthew Seaman wrote: > Generate an ssh key in the usual way: > > # ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa > > which will prompt you for a passphrase. Enter one. The command will > create two files: > > id_rsa (the private key) and > > id_rsa.pub (the public key) > > Move 'id_rsa' in /root/.ssh and make sure it has the right ownership [cut the rest of the info] It works great! Very simple if you know how to act ;) I understand that I have to copy my public key to all machines I want to have a remote login-to. So far so good.. But what do I do ON another machine (in my intranet)? Do I use *another* private key there or can I just use the one I have on my "main" machine? Thanks for all your help. Keeping copies of them :-)) -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.7 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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