seapax.blogg.se

For security reasons, we recommend that you use a passphrase to protect your key. linux and mac osx)įirst, on your local laptop/desktop, cd into your home directory and invoke the ssh key generator: ssh-keygen -t rsa

Instructions for unix-based machines (e.g. In the documentation below your desktop/laptop is referred to as the “local host” and our login server(s) are referred to as the “remote host”. There is a one-time setup for each of the local hosts that you want to set up with keypair authentication. The idea is to set up your desktop/laptop so that you are recognized by our login servers without you having to enter your password every time.

This is a technology based on public-key cryptography. Setting Up your local hosts for password-less login via SSH