http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:45:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/ssh-public-key-based-authentication-how-to.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/ssh-public-key-based-authentication-how-to.html#comments Sat, 08 May 2004 13:32:00 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/ssh-public-key-based-authentication-how-to.html The SSH protocol is recommended for remote login and remote file transfer which provides confidentiality and security for data exchanged between two computer systems, through the use of public key cryptography. The OpenSSH server provides this kind of setup under Linux. It is installed by default. This how-to covers generating and using ssh keys for automated usage such as:

1. Automated Login using the shell scripts.
2. Making backups.
3. Run commands from the shell prompt etc.

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