Re: [PLUG] Setting up SSH public key on OSX

[Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com>]

Paul,

Here's a script I wrote that runs on OSX to create and manage your
SSH keys, pushing them as necessary to a remote Linux server:

   http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix.htm#script_authorize_ssh_key

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Paul Walker wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a public key to connect to SSH using public key 
> authentication to improve my Git workflow.... 
>
> The remote server is Ubuntu 10.0.4.
> I generate the keys with the command:
>
>     ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "root@mydomain.com <mailto:root@mydomain.com>"
>
>
> press return three times, then am pasting the contents of  id_rsa.pub 
> into a newly created authorized_keys file in ~/.ssh/ on my local 
> machine running OSX... 
>
> This isn't working.
>
> Anyone familiar with the configuration on OSX / Ubuntu can tell me 
> what's wrong or point me in the right direction
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Paul
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