Anne Wilson-4 wrote: > > > Is a ssh key specific to a computer, or to a user? That is, does my key > pertain to any box on the lan, as long as I'm the user? Or is it machine > > ssh keys are specific to the user - they are in the users .ssh directory in their home user directory. Root also has its own .ssh On the server side you can choose who to allow to connect and also whether to allow password connections and many other options in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and you can find more in "man sshd_config" You need to look up how to generate ssh keys and store them. It is possible to replicate the .ssh directory for your own user area and put it on the user area of the same name on a different computer to save the need to generate new keys. However you also need to be aware that the system will know if the remote machine you are connecting to is upgraded - and then when you try to ssh in you will get a warning saying there is a possible man-in-the middle attack. In this instance if the remote machine is known to have been reinstalled for example then in the user area from which you are trying to connect need to have the entry in .ssh/known_hosts removed by editing (or remove the known_hosts file) and accept prompts the first time you then subsequently ssh into another machine. There are tutorials on the net and a google search will find them fairly easily. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ssh-clarification-needed-tp21274919p21275185.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
