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Automatically unlock keys on a remote host accessed via SSH

On my local PC my ssh keys are automatically unlocked on login. From there I access via ssh (with key authentication) a server that have stored the same keys I have in the client. I'd like to unlock ...
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ssh private key stops accepting my passphrase

When booting my laptop today I found that ssh (openssh) simply refuses to accept my passphrase when reading my private key. My only idea of how that could've happened is if the HDD has somehow ...
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Unable to login to my server using ssh

Yesterday I was migrating to my new server, needed to use rsync, I created a RSA key, so that rsync could connect, I saw an error that says add to trusted key in location x I didn't have that location ...
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Must I store a private key in a file?

I have a db-driven application that needs to communicate with another server via ssh. The web app can generate a keypair and give the user the pubkey, or it can accept the unencrypted private key in a ...
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SSHFS specify key

I've got a question that I've not been able to find an answer for. I have two computers, both of which run Ubuntu Linux 12.04. I have set up my first computer ("home") to be able to SSH into my second ...
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How to list keys added to ssh-agent with ssh-add?

How and where can I check what keys have been added with ssh-add to my ssh-agent ?
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How to point to ssh folder with private keys to automatically choose one?

I would like to be able to use ssh user@host without the -i identity_rsa_or_else_private_key_file . Is there a place somewhere in ssh configs where I can point where are the private keys located ...
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public key authentification doesn't pass, why?

I'm trying to connect to Server with ssh and id_rsa key. That key is only key in authorized_keys (just added with ssh-copy-id) When i do connect, server ask doesnt end with keys but always ask for ...
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SSH public key login: two different keys and SSH_AUTH_SOCK behaviour

A user (user1) on an Ubuntu 12.04 desktop has two SSH RSA keys configured: ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa1 (and .pub files). Both public keys are configured in the authorised keys on the server's ...
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Force pubkey-auth user to set password at first login

When I create a new user account I ask users to send me a public key, and want to force users to set the password the first time they log in with keypair authentication. If I create an account with an ...
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Given a private SSH key, how do I recover my public key?

I've somehow lost my id_rsa.pub file. I still have my id_rsa file. How do I recover the public key from the private key? (This question came up after ssh-copy-id was reporting "ERROR: No identities ...
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Use SSH key authentification with custom user $HOME

I have some users which have different $HOME directories than /home/... The user homes are under /pkg/homeand /pkg owner is a different user but all users have group access to /pkg. But it seems ...
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Deleted the authorized_keys file and got into a problem

I was trying to send files from machine A to machine B. For that, I created a public-private key pair using ssh-keygen -t rsa in machine A. Then I sent the id_rsa.pub file to machine B and I added ...
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Is it *really* possible to directly steal a private key if it uses no passphrase?

I've read in various places, such as in this question that using an ssh key pair without a passphrase allows attackers to steal your private key if they gain access to your account. I assumed that by ...
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Automated ssh login with passphrase?

Logging onto a machine over ssh typically requires a password to be entered before access is granted. Alternatively, a key/certificate (without a passphrase) can be installed onto the remote machine ...
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Send an email any time an SSH key is used

I have about 30 nearly-identical CentOS 6 servers that I need to be able to push out updated config files automatically using an rsa key to log in as root. Usually this will just be rsync, but ...
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SSH key-based authentication: known_hosts vs authorized_keys

I read about setting up ssh keys in Linux and have some questions. Correct me if I'm wrong… Let's say host tr-lgto wants to connect to host tr-mdm using ssh. If we want to be sure that it's the real ...
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Re-install ssh-keygen on unix/mac

Something is wrong with the way my Mac generates ssh keys. This has been the second time where I've created a key with ssh-keygen -t rsa. When I paste the created id_rsa.pub to use in a connecting ...
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Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?

I'm working from the URL I found here: http://jaybyjayfresh.com/2009/02/04/logging-in-without-a-password-certificates-ssh/ My ssh client is Ubuntu 64 bit 11.10 desktop and my server is Centos 6.2 64 ...
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SSH asking for passphrase on public key with no passphrase set

I have been using public key authentication on my servers for a while now, but I am experiencing issues on a new 'client' trying to connect to github. I have read many threads to verify that my ...
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how to avoid ssh asking permission?

We are attempting to speed up the installation of oracle nodes for RAC installation. this requires that we get ssh installed and configured so that it doesn't prompt for a password. The problem is: ...
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Multiple SSH private keys, possible?

Is it possible to have multiple SSH key in a single client, and let ssh choose the right one automatically?
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Ssh keeps asking for passphrase several times

I have a remote machine, with which I have set up public-key ssh auth - that is, I can ssh to it without typing in password each time. And I have a set of actions in a script, which use that ssh ...
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ssh prompts for password despite .ssh/authorized_keys

I issued ssh username@db2workgoup -n "echocat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub>> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys" and then checked that the key was stored in authorized_keys file. But ssh is still asking for the ...
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CentOS 5.5 SSH with Key for non ROOT user

I tried pretty much everything I could to make this work. I spent literally 6 hours on research and nothing helps to remove "Server refused our key" error. My username I tried to make is "Testuser" ...
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SSH Public key comment separator

I've created a SSH authentication key (with ssh-keygen) in two different servers, both with a useful comment, but the public key of one server has == between the key and the comment, while the other ...
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How to enable nagios user created by yum to use check_by_ssh

I've used yum install nagios on an Amazon Linux instance, and it created a nagios user with shell /sbin/nologin and homedir /var/spool/nagios. This is the behaviour on EC2. I want to use check_by_ssh ...
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How to make password-less login work

I generated a key and copied it to my target: ssh-keygen ssh-copy-id username@hostname I left the the location of the key as default and did not set any passphrase. For a small while after that, I ...
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Is it safe to give out my SSH public key for work?

I currently work remotely for a number of organizations which need me to access their servers regularly for maintenance and upgrades. Is it safe for me to add my RSA public SSH key to the ...
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How can I lock my own account from remote ssh login with password?

I don't want to disable remote login with password altogether, but I want to make it so that my account is only accessible with key pair authentication (there are other users who wants to use ...
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How to avoid being asked passphrase each time I push to Bitbucket

I set up my ssh stuff with the help of this guide, and it used to work well (I could run hg push without being asked for a passphrase). What could have happened between then and now, considering that ...
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Is it possible to use one SSH key per account for each account on a given remote server?

Suppose I have a number of accounts on a server called SERVER. Let's call them ACCOUNT1, ACCOUNT2 and ACCOUNT3. Suppose I don't want to have to type in the password for the account each time I ssh ...
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Is there an easy way to update information in known_hosts when you know that a hosts key has changed?

If a host's operating system has been re-installed and had its public key regenerated sshing to it will of course fail because the new key doesn't match the old one. Is there an easier way to tell ...
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Is it possible to use ssh-copy-id once password based logins are disabled?

Is it possible to use ssh-copy-id once password based logins are disabled? Otherwise, is there an utility for adding an authorized public key to a user or should I edit the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file ...
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How do I use SSH keys for passwordless SSH via X11 apps (like nautilus)?

I just reinstalled Linux on my laptop, and I'm trying to get SSH pubkey authentication working via X11 applications. Specifically, I'm trying to use baobab to display the usage of a remote filesystem, ...
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SSH Do not connect even with publickeys installed

I'm trying to connect two servers. I got the id_dsa.pub key from user john from server A and paste into authorized_keys of user mike from server B. Then I tried to connect from server A to server B ...
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SCP from one server to another without password prompt

What is the best way of doing SCP from one box to the other without prompting for password? There are two servers: Server A (10.152.2.10): /home/oracle/export/files.txt Server B (10.152.2.11): ...