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61 questions linked to/from How can I set up password-less SSH login?
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How do I set up SSH authentication keys? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I set up password-less SSH login?
I am using ssh to connect to a remote server. I am prompted to provide a password each time, but I recall being able to set up a sort ...
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Permission denied (publickey) error right after generating the SSH keys [duplicate]
I know this question might have been asked before But I still cannot really find the answer, and the answer in my case should be simple.
So what have I done is in my ECS server I created a new user ...
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Automating file transfer using Bash scripts in SSH on my new server from old server [duplicate]
How can I connect to a remote host using SSH and create one Bash script to copy all files and folder from my old server to my new server for backup every day?
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is it possible to rsync to another server using crontab? [duplicate]
Hi there is a bunch of videos and resources on how to rsync locally rsync /home/user1 /home/user2/backup, but i haven't found any tutorials on rsync crontab to another server
pretty much, i use ...
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How to setup login your SSH server with Public/Private key authentification? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I set up password-less SSH login?
I am having a debian based linode server. All the time if need to login to remote server i do
ssh user@ip
and then I enter my ...
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Shell script that fetches file with SCP [duplicate]
I want to build a shell script that runs daily and fethces a file from another server using SCP command.
The problem is that when i enter this command in terminal it asks me for password.
a) How ...
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Shell script ssh to login multiple servers with password passing from a file [duplicate]
Shell script ssh to login multiple servers with passing password from a file
for example:
Password file name : password.txt and the password is "test123".
ssh_script:
ssh testuser@testserver
&...
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Passwordless SSH [duplicate]
Can we set up Passwordless SSH in Ubuntu (18.04) without root privileges? Is there any way to access files in /etc directory without root permissions? (I need to be able to set up Passwordless SSH ...
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Multiple scp commands in bash script, but entering password only once [duplicate]
I currently use a bash script in the following format to update local data with remote one:
usr=$1
scp -P 4444 -r [email protected]:/some/folder/*Tools /home/localUser/someFolder/
scp -P ...
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SSH connecting with one command line [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I set up password-less SSH login?
I'm trying to connect to the ssh with the following command:
ssh user:pass@host
bit still it's asking the password, how can I login ...
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14.04: How to ssh/scp as root with NO password prompting? [duplicate]
We upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04.
We have a dozens of processes that perform automation tasks for us and we use root with ssh/scp. After the upgrade root couldn't ssh/scp into the servers at all. We ...
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SSH for ubuntu touch [duplicate]
For some reason, while I am trying to connect to SSH on my Nexus 7 2013 I keep getting this error message:
Permission denied(publickey)
Can someone explain how to properly setup SSH for Ubuntu touch?...
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Easiest way to copy ssh keys to another machine?
I am lazy at home and use password authentication for my home machines. I am ready to move to key based authentication. There are many options on the web on how to do this, including catting then ...
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Can you set passwords in .ssh/config to allow automatic login?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and ssh for connecting to many servers daily, so I put their parameters in the .ssh/config file like this:
Host Home
User netmoon
Port 22
HostName test.com
Is there a way to ...
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How can I use a passcode generator for authentication for remote logins?
I would like to strengthen the authentication of my SSH logins by adding another factor: a passcode generator device, or a passcode generation application on my mobile phone. The only obvious options ...
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SSH without password with non-default identity file location
As part of a startup script I have to automatically open several gnome-terminal windows, one of those terminals automatically send:
ssh [email protected]
The limitation with this is that I still need ...
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SSH public key authentication doesn't work [duplicate]
I'm having trouble setting up public key authentication for an SSH server on Ubuntu Server 12.04 (A) for authentication from an Ubuntu Server 13.04 (B).
What I'm doing now (I'm trying to follow the ...
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How to save SSH options and connections in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have at this time two remote machines to which I am connecting. For one I am using private key with passphrase, and another one I am using root password.
Now, when I want to connect to machine ...
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How can I autostart a SSH -D tunnel at login for a SOCKS proxy?
I know that if I want to start an SSH tunnel
ssh -d 9000 user@userserver
This is one solution for a dynamic tunnel to be opened on port 9000 for a user named "user" on the host "userserver"
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How to ssh using perl scipt,run a command, and return the output...?
As clearly explained in the question, kindly give me an option to ssh to a machine using perl script, run a few script lines there, and return the output to the source machine.
Found out a few docs ...
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how to turn off password-less login for ssh?
I had setup password-less SSH login from my desktop to my laptop following the steps here. Now I want to turn off the password-less login so that when I ssh from my desktop to my laptop, it will ask ...
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Why should we expire a locked account to totally prevent access?
From man usermod:
Note: if you wish to lock the account (not only access with a
password), you should also set the EXPIRE_DATE to 1.
Why should we expire a locked account to totally ...
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How can I log on as root to a cloud instance?
I can log in successfully to my cloud instance as user 'ubuntu' via SSH but cannot log in as user 'root'. There are several posts extant concerned with altering the ssh config in order to allow root ...
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Execute bash script on remote server non-interactively
I have a bash script that accepts exactly 3 arguments and I have created a web interface in PHP to run this script on a remote server. The user just enters username host and password of the remote ...
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How do I include a password with SSH command? (want to make shell script)
I'm trying to SSH to a server on startup with a .sh script, but that will require me to enter the password for the account on the server that I'm SSHing to. I did some RTFMing, and I see in "-o" that ...
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Persistent SSH Connection
I use this command to make an SSH tunnel to a remote server.
ssh -D localproxy:9999 -C [email protected]
I also made a shell script using expect command to auto process entire process with also ...
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Can I create an SSH login script?
I have to log in to my school's Linux server for homework. I would like to be able to make a script or something for my desktop to save a bit of time (using Ubuntu desktop).
Currently I log in using ...
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Ubuntu Server via LAN
I was wondering if the following would be possible (and hopefully get some pointers on how to get this done).
I would like to install Ubuntu Server on an old computer and be able to connect to it and ...
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SSH script password input [closed]
So I am running Linux Mint 17.2. I have a bash file I would like to run in terminal to login via SSH into my other mint 17.2 server. I am able to do this manually no problem, but when I try using ...
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Script for remove files using SSH
I have a script that uses scp to backup some files of my PC into another PC connected in LAN, something like that:
#!/bin/bash
scp some_directories host@ip-address:backupFolder/
I use a public Key ...
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Multiple Users Private / Public Keys
I am currently undergoing a project of maintaining a server with certain simple services (mail, web) for a group of thirty users. I would like to use pub/private keys but I guess unsure of their use. ...
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How to login to SSH and have username and password automatically entered?
I've been using nothing but Windows for years. I'm transitioning to Linux and I'm trying to make the transition as easy as possible since I have almost no knowledge of Linux.
On Windows, I currently ...
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How to use ssh key in gftp?
I ssh to a remote server from command line using key to not enter password at any time want to connect. I need to transfer some files to the server using gFTP software.
Is it possible to use ssh key ...
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Passwordless SSH only works when I'm already logged in on SSH
So I set up passwordless ssh using the following: How can I set up password-less SSH login?
After setting this up, I'd expect that I wouldn't need a password to ssh. My issue is that on my first ...
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How to install ssh private key?
I used to have old laptop with Ubuntu desktop 18.04 and dell server with Ubuntu server 18.04. On the laptop and server was installed ssh keys and I could connect to server without password. Now I got ...
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Mount drive on remote machine
My current set up is:
I have my main machine (Darkseid) upstairs which has a drive with all my films on it, which I don't keep mounted.
Downstairs, next to the tv, I have a htpc (Archangel) which ...
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How do I copy the contents of user/.ssh/known_hosts to the same file under root?
I am trying to accomplish passwordless ssh-ing from root. To be clear, I want to log in from the local machine at root to a /home/user folder on remote. Have established the connection between user@...
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Key rejection when do ssh
I have /root/.ssh folder with authorized_keys file inside of it with client public key. Root logs in fine without password by using ssh.
In case I do login with another user system reject key and ...
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Changed root password by sudo passwd root but I can not login with root login
Hei,
The title is self-explaining.
I installed Ubuntu Server 18.04.03 LTS + Canonical Live Patch.
I logged it with my username created during installation and run sudo passwd root and changed root ...
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Use a sudo to mount an external disk on remote device
I'm currently working on two devices, one testing the other. They are based on beaglebone black, and run under Ubuntu 14.04. My problem is I have to detect and mount a USB external storage on the ...
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shortcut to automatically paste a specific string in terminal
I have to connect to several ssh connections daily and they all have the same password, which is really complicated (enough that it is virtually impossible to memorize it). So what I have to do ...
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Is there a way to open 4 terminal windows every time I login?
I want to open four terminal windows into the first pane (upper left-hand side) when ubuntu boots. I have two terminal profiles: default and Mail. I want two of the windows Mail windows, and the ...
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Permission denied (publickey) while copying id
I was trying to copy a key id for password-less SSH access, however it seems that the password authentification is no. I am not sure how to change that.
Here is the original code:
ssh-copy-id xxxx@...
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run netcat on crontab
I have 2 systems
1: 192.168.0.31
2: 192.168.0.32
From system 1 terminal I executed below command
tar -zcf - test | pv | nc -l -p 5555 -q 5
From system 2 terminal I executed below command
nc 192....
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Generate SSH key on Ubuntu Server or on own computer
I installed Ubuntu Server (22.04) on an empty server and I am accessing it on my own computer through MobaXterm. For one of the applications I want to install on the server I need an SSH key. Since I ...
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How to work remotely on Ubuntu from another Ubuntu [14.04.3]?
I have a machine at home and a second at work. Both run the same version of Ubuntu 14.04.3.
I want to be able to connect to my home computer from the one at work. I want to see my desktop and work ...
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How do you add the password into ~/.ssh/config file for custom ssh connections
I have multiple ssh connections I want to add to the config file in the .ssh directory, but it seems the password field is not catered for. Below is the error I get:
Is there any workaround for this?
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SSH asking password each time i run start-all.sh for hadoop
I have installed Hadoop on following path:
/opt/hadoop
Also installed openssh-server with following commands:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client
After this I created RSA keys with ...
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How to run same query on multiple servers via the jump server
I have many servers like sdeuu1, sdeuu2, sdeuu3,.. etc.
I want to run a query on each one of them and the query is :
grep -i 'SponsoredLinksIFrame.jsp' /home/nextag/httpd_logs/access_log.1360* |
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Sync settings/software on multiple machines
I have the following scenario which I'm trying to solve:
I use 3 Computers, all of them are running Xubuntu (same LTS version). Now I am looking for a way to keep them in sync in terms of:
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