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How to password-less log on via ssh alias

Suppose I have access to pc via a server. I can directly log-on to pc by using How do I connect to a pc through another pc using ssh Such that my .ssh/config looks like: Host short Hostname pc User ...
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Determining the Password Status of a User

I have a debian box that I connect to via SSH. I have removed the password from the users root, and my personal account using the instructions here, and set up a public/private key pair so I can log ...
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Remote shell script Enter passphrase for

How can I run a script to log into a remote server and execute a remote ssh command without entering in my passphrase? For example: When I log onto a remote server and execute the git pull command I ...
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Why ssh-copy-id prompts for the local user password three times?

Noticed from my previous question that when trying to copy an SSH public key to a remote host via ssh-copy-id, I am prompted for the local user password three times: ssh-copy-id myuser@myserver ...
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SCP and/or SSH command with password in line

First, I'm TRYING to use rsa keys because I'm using the script to create RSA keys, but initially I have to connect to the remote machine to pass over the newly generated authentication key. Having ...
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password problem when feeding a remote file into diff

When I want to compare a local file with a remote file, any of these usually works: $ ssh remote cat file | diff file - $ diff file <(ssh remote cat file) However, sometimes (especially when the ...
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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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Two-step remote ssh without password

I'm looking to ssh from my localhost to a remote server, and from there to a remote computer. I currently have it set up so that the remote computer and remote server have passwordless ssh-ing set up ...
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SSH asking for password after ssh-copy-id

I created a key on my machine with ssh-keygen. I copied the key to remote machine using ssh-copy-id. Tried to connect to remote machine but it asked me the password. Both machines are ubuntu (local ...
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Can a linux user change their password without knowing the current password?

I'm setting up a few ubuntu boxes, and using opscode's chef as a configuration tool. It would be fairly easy to install public keys for each user on each of these servers, and disable password ...
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Shell Script for logging into a ssh server

I tried writing a shell script which can do automatic login into a ssh server using password which is mentioned in the script. I have written the following code: set timeout 30 /usr/bin/ssh -p 8484 ...
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passing passwords to a script

I want to scp a file to a remote host, and from there, run a command on the file, and exit the remote session. If I write a usual script, call scp and then ssh, I am prompted to enter two passwords. ...
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Why SSH is asking for my private key password each time

Since yesterday, each time I try to connect to an ssh server, I got asked for my password. What should I do to make SSH not ask for my password each time.
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SSH authentication: either SSH keys or one time password

I have an Ubuntu 10.04 Linux server that I normally ssh into (from my home machine) using ssh key authentication. However, sometimes I need to ssh remotely from potentially insecure machines (like ...
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Logged on via ssh-key, can I reset my account password?

I am logged in on a server via sshkey (ssh -i /home/me/.ssh/ssh-key me@server). I got sudo rights on that server from the admin, but I can't exercise them, since I forgot my actual Unix password (or ...
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Does ssh-agent store my passphrase?

Is it possible to determine the passphrases of private keys added to ssh-agent? I'm thinking along the lines of someone with root privileges trying to find out my passphrase after I have added the ...
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Can KWallet manage my ssh passwords?

I need a way to store some SSH passwords. Note that these are login passwords which I need to pass to ssh; key authentication is unfortunately not an option. I'd like to be able to have KWallet fill ...
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automatic passwordless ssh at login/restart

I want to have passwordless ssh to persist even after after I restart or logoff and then login. Somehow I have to run ssh-agent and use command ssh-add at login. I read here to add following lines to ...
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How to set up two-factor authentication with OTP on FreeBSD?

I have a FreeBSD hosted server that I like to be able to get to from anywhere. Normally I use SSH publickey to log in, or if I don't have my SSH private key available then I might use regular password ...
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passwordless ssh for another username?

I want to do a passwordless ssh connection for a subversion project. Right now I'm using ssh+svn, and it's a little annoying, because I have to type the password any time I want to transact with the ...