SSH connections,... and forget about passwords!
SSH connections,... and forget about passwords!
This guide is essential to our daily with SSH connections, but sometimes we become lazy (I'm the first).
I explain VERY EASILY how to generate keys you need so you don't have to write the damn password in each SSH connection.
Let's create the public/private keys and copy the first on the remote computer. Wrote the following from the computer where we are going to connect (in my case, a Mac):
cd .ssh
ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa -f id_rsa -P ""
ssh pi@192.168.1.4 < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 'mkdir -p .ssh && cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys'
With the last command, we copy from our Linux/OSX the public key to the remote device. In this example, 192.168.1.4 (my Raspberry Pi).
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It was not so hard, right?. Why have you don't this before?.
If you want to type less, create an alias in your Linux/OSX: nano ~/.bash_profile
Example: alias sshrpi='ssh pi@192.168.1.4'
And reload the shell with: source ~/.bash_profile
Now, every time you type sshrpi, will access from your computer to the Pi with no password.
Welcome.
