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Keep SSH Sessions Active, Or Reconnect?
By lazyweb: 04 February 2010 - 04:43 PM
Over on Slashdot user borjonx writes "Is it safer to log out of an SSH session, and re-establish it later, or just keep the connection open? Like many of you, I use OpenSSH to connect to my Slack...
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How to Customize the Bash Prompt for ssh
By carlaschroder: 13 October 2009 - 12:47 PM
Sure, you know that the prompt changes to display the remote hostname when you're logged in via SSH. But it's just a dumb little black-and-white prompt, and it's easy to make mistak...
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How to automate backups with rsync over ssh
By carlaschroder: 30 September 2009 - 02:38 PM
If you would like to automate your rsync over ssh backups, try this solution from Linux Cookbook: Write a script, create a cron job, and set up keychain to authenticate to your remote host...
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How to make secure transfers with rsync and ssh
By carlaschroder: 24 September 2009 - 12:48 PM
If you want to use rsync to copy files to another PC over a LAN, or over the Internet, and you want encrypted transport and authentication, usersync over ssh. ssh must be set up and ...
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How to tunnel X over SSH
By carlaschroder: 24 September 2009 - 11:36 AM
You like running remote X sessions, but you know that they are completely insecure. Run X over SSH by enabling X forwarding on the SSH server, in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Then use the ...
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How to use multiple key pairs
By carlaschroder: 25 August 2009 - 02:45 PM
To generate separate sets of keys for accessing different hosts, or different types of accounts, use ssh-keygen. For example, you would like one SSH key for administering an FTP server, and a differen...
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How to authenticate via public keys
By carlaschroder: 25 August 2009 - 02:30 PM
This will let you use your SSH private-key passphrase instead of your system login, which means your system login is protected, and you can reuse the same public/private key pair for as many remote ho...
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How to generate new host keys
By carlaschroder: 25 August 2009 - 01:48 PM
If you looked in /etc/ssh and didn't see any key files or you just want to create new host keys yourself, use ssh-keygen to create a new key pair. This must be done as root, and you have to specif...
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How to set up OpenSSH the first time
By carlaschroder: 25 August 2009 - 01:28 PM
If you need to establish a secure connection between your local workstation and a remote PC you'll want to set up OpenSSH. Install OpenSSH on both machines. sshd, the ssh daemon, must be running ...
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