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To generate ssh keypair(public, private) which makes use of dsa as encryption algorithm
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ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024

unixmonkey45082 · 2013-01-04 08:26:26 3
Compare a remote file with a local file

Or, if you have restricted access for sftp only, I think you can still do this: diff /path/to/localfile <(scp user@host:/path/to/remotefile >(cat))
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diff /path/to/localfile <(ssh user@host cat /path/to/remotefile)

mc0e · 2013-05-24 09:24:31 8
Keep SSH tunnel open (PostgreSQL example)

Check if SSH tunnel is open and open it, if it isn't. NB: In this example, 3333 would be your local port, 5432 the remote port (which is, afaik, usually used by PostgreSQL) and of course you should replace REMOTE_HOST with any valid IP or hostname. The example above let's you work on remote PostgreSQL databases from your local shell, like this: psql -E -h localhost -p 3333
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while true; do nc -z localhost 3333 >|/dev/null || (ssh -NfL 3333:REMOTE_HOST:5432 USER@REMOTE_HOST); sleep 15; done

rxw · 2015-09-21 02:25:49 11
Run Remote GUI Programs Using SSH Forwarding

Run GUI apps on another machine remotely through SSH. -C is for data compression and -X enables X11 forwarding.
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ssh -C -X user@remotehost gui_command

sharfah · 2009-05-21 17:52:24 7
Forward connections

Forward connections to $HOSTNAME:8080 out to $HOST:80
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ssh -g -L 8080:localhost:80 root@$HOST

kayowas · 2009-10-24 20:56:00 3
Automatd ssh public key setup without ssh-copy-id

Some servers don't have ssh-copy-id, this works in those cases. It will ask for the destination server, this can be IP, hostname, or user@hostname if different from current user. Ssh keygen will let you know if a pubkey already exists on your system and you can opt to not overwrite it.
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echo 'Host or User@Host?:'; read newserver && ssh-keygen -N "" -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa ; ssh $newserver cat <~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ">>" ~/.ssh/authorized_keys ; ssh $newserver

alf · 2010-05-07 06:24:53 4
tail a log over ssh
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ssh remotebox tail -f /var/log/remotelog

netaxiz · 2011-12-13 17:35:54 3
Forward remote server CUPS port to localhost
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ssh -NL 12345:localhost:631 username@remote_server

shawn_abdushakur · 2014-02-25 15:49:34 6
having root on server, add user's public key to his keys (no password required)
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cat user_public_key.pub | ssh root@<host> "cat | su -c 'mkdir -m 700 -p ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys && chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys' <user>"

noisy · 2016-05-09 08:48:40 14
How to run a specific command in remote server by ssh

Once it is connected to the remote server by that ssh protocol,the mentioned command will start working on that server.
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ssh user@remotehost [anycommand](i.e uptime,w)

unixbhaskar · 2009-08-29 04:27:37 7
unzip file on local machine copy to remote machine with ssh

It is an easy method unzip a file and copy it to remote machine. No unziped file on local hard drive Show Sample Output
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```
$ gzip -cd file.gz | ssh twfcc@myhost 'dd of=~/junk'
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
6 bytes transferred in 0.222 secs (27 bytes/sec)
$ 
```
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gzip -cd file.gz | ssh user@host 'dd of=~/file'

twfcc · 2010-09-20 11:44:19 3
ssh Publickey auf remote Rechner anh?ngen
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cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh user@server "cat >>.ssh/authorized_keys2"

chrrr · 2011-10-13 09:08:57 4
show you the time when you lost the remote server.

Run this within a steady screen session. You can get the approximate time when the remote server went down or other abnormal behavior.
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ssh remotehosts;date

kiiwii · 2012-11-09 01:14:24 4
Copy ssh keys to user@host to enable password-less ssh logins.
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ssh-copy-id [-i [identity_file]] [user@]machine

www · 2012-12-08 19:48:19 6
copy public key

for passwordless login
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cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh user@server 'cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2'

er0k · 2012-07-12 15:42:10 97
Execute sudo command remotely with ssh

This command will ask for remote sudo password before executing a remote command.
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ssh -t myserver.org 'sudo ls /etc'

patko · 2013-04-09 04:23:37 10
3 Simple Steps to X11 Forward on Mac OS X

To start X11 display only on your local machine: xeyes & Extensions to basic command: ssh -X -f user@remotehost xcalc -bg black -fg green
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ssh -X johndoe@123.456.789

evandrix · 2011-05-19 21:28:25 3
Running applications require X in ssh

One time you logged in, you can prove these method just writing "firefox".
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ssh -X -l user 192.168.1.25

xmuda · 2013-04-30 13:48:28 6
dd and ssh

waste the band width Show Sample Output
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```
none
```
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dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M | ssh somesite dd of=/dev/null

vbs100 · 2009-02-11 13:03:14 18
Cute, but we already had this figured out when the Linux kids were still slurping down log-sized spliffs in the back of the microbus.

put down the joint and rtfm :)
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ssh-keygen -R hostname

jritorto · 2009-07-16 15:41:33 4
analyze traffic remotely over ssh w/ wireshark

This allows you to display the wireshark program running on remote pc to your local pc.
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sudo ssh -Y remoteuser@remotehost sudo wireshark

Code_Bleu · 2010-01-05 14:35:20 3
use .ssh file to login the server

use .ssh file to login the server
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ssh root@172.16.1.99 -i my_openssh_key.ssh -p 9999

motopig · 2013-03-10 12:37:19 6
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Single use vnc-over-ssh connection

This command 1. SSH into a machine 2. Tunnels VNC port to your local computer ("-L 5900:localhost:5900") 3. Runs a single use vnc server ("x11vnc -safer -localhost -nopw -once -display :0") 4. Goes into the background ("-f") 5. Runs VNC viewer on the local computer connecting to the remote machine via the newly created SSH tunnel ("vinagre localhost:5900")

check open ports without netstat or lsof

Suppress output of loud commands you don't want to hear from

Suppresses all output to /dev/null. This could be expanded to check for a -l command line option to log the stderr to a file maybe -l file or -l to log to default quietly.log. I'm finding that I use it more often than one would think.

graphical memory usage

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Move a folder and merge it with another folder

This will move a folder and merge it with another folder which may contain duplicates. Technically it's just creating hardlinks of everything in the folder, and after it's done, delete the source (with rm -r source/ ) to complete the move. This is much faster than, for example, using rsync to merge folders which would actually copy the entire contents and so for a lot of files would take much longer. This uses macutils gcp port of cp so it can be used on osx/MacOS. If using in linux or some unix where cp includes the ability to create links with -l you can just use cp instead of gcp.

Pull git submodules in parallel using GNU parallel

Make sure to run this command in your git toplevel directory. Modify `-j4` as you like. You can also run any arbitrary command beside `git pull` in parallel on all of your git submodules.

generate iso

Scan all open ports without any required program

tcpdump top 10 talkers

capture 2000 packets and print the top 10 talkers

Rsync files with spaces

Using the double dash before the source and target makes the command work fine with weird filenames.

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