Copy ssh keys to user@host to enable password-less ssh logins.

ssh-copy-id [-i [identity_file]] [user@]machine

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By: www

2012-12-08 19:48:19

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Copy your SSH public key on a remote machine for passwordless login - the easy way
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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ssh-copy-id username@hostname

flart · 2009-02-16 12:11:26 30
Copy your ssh public key to a server from a machine that doesn't have ssh-copy-id

If you use Mac OS X or some other *nix variant that doesn't come with ssh-copy-id, this one-liner will allow you to add your public key to a remote machine so you can subsequently ssh to that machine without a password.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
70

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh user@machine "mkdir ~/.ssh; cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

DEinspanjer · 2009-02-05 19:37:56 322
Copy ssh keys to user@host to enable password-less ssh logins.

Same as original just no $ at start
This is sample output - yours may be different.
5

ssh-copy-id user@host

matthewbauer · 2009-08-07 16:36:19 27
Copy ssh keys to user@host to enable password-less ssh logins.

Alternative for machines without ssh-copy-id
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh user@host 'cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys'

eneko · 2012-12-08 17:00:47 17
copy public key

If the username on the remote host is the same as on the local machine you can omit the username.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
0

ssh-copy-id host

unixmonkey38088 · 2012-07-24 08:43:41 40

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