To avoid copying and pasting my password (mostly in the wrong window), I thought it would be better to make my server trust my laptop by using public\/private keys:
\nHere we go:<\/p>\n
For Linux (or BSD, or OSX):<\/p>\n
1. Open a terminal on your laptop and generate your keys:<\/p>\n
ssh-keygen -t rsa<\/pre>\nYou may optionally choose a passphrase (which I didn’t since the I want to avoid typing).<\/p>\n
2. Copy the public key to your server:<\/p>\n
scp ~\/.ssh\/id_rsa.pub username@server_address:\/your\/home\/folder\/<\/pre>\n3. SSH into your server and add your public key to the authorized_keys file:<\/p>\n
cd ~\/.ssh\necho \"#Something to identify your key\" >> authorized_keys\ncat \/your\/home\/folder\/id_rsa.pub >> authorized_keys<\/pre>\n4. Open another terminal and try logging to your server just providing your username:<\/p>\n
ssh username@server_address<\/pre>\nYou should be granted with the shell command line from your server. If not, please review what you did. If still doesn’t work, drop me a line:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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