Comments on: SSH authentication with your public key http://www.alphatek.info/2008/05/03/ssh-authentication-with-your-public-key/ Linux, Motorbikes, Watches. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:48:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris http://www.alphatek.info/2008/05/03/ssh-authentication-with-your-public-key/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Chris Sun, 04 May 2008 20:01:45 +0000 http://www.alphatek.info/?p=39#comment-31 Logging in to ssh as root is bad practice. Better to advise people to use a shared public key on their standard user account, disallow root login through ssh, and then use su to become root once logged in as the standard user. Logging in to ssh as root is bad practice. Better to advise people to use a shared public key on their standard user account, disallow root login through ssh, and then use su to become root once logged in as the standard user.

]]> By: Steven http://www.alphatek.info/2008/05/03/ssh-authentication-with-your-public-key/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Steven Sat, 03 May 2008 19:33:10 +0000 http://www.alphatek.info/?p=39#comment-30 True, but keeping your private key safe is another story :p True, but keeping your private key safe is another story :p

]]> By: Chris Tyler http://www.alphatek.info/2008/05/03/ssh-authentication-with-your-public-key/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Chris Tyler Sat, 03 May 2008 19:30:48 +0000 http://www.alphatek.info/?p=39#comment-29 Not putting a passphrase on your key does have a security implication: if your account on the client (your computer) is compromised, your account on the server is also compromised. Using a passphrase provides a middle ground: you'll be prompted only once per client-side login session instead of every time you connect to the server, and you will have some protection against a cascading account compromise. Not putting a passphrase on your key does have a security implication: if your account on the client (your computer) is compromised, your account on the server is also compromised. Using a passphrase provides a middle ground: you’ll be prompted only once per client-side login session instead of every time you connect to the server, and you will have some protection against a cascading account compromise.

]]> By: Steven http://www.alphatek.info/2008/05/03/ssh-authentication-with-your-public-key/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Steven Sat, 03 May 2008 17:09:49 +0000 http://www.alphatek.info/?p=39#comment-28 Thanks for the tip :) Thanks for the tip :)

]]> By: Scott Dodson http://www.alphatek.info/2008/05/03/ssh-authentication-with-your-public-key/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Scott Dodson Sat, 03 May 2008 14:26:53 +0000 http://www.alphatek.info/?p=39#comment-27 ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@somehost will attempt to copy the key for you. ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@somehost

will attempt to copy the key for you.

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