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Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >> Now on to another problem. Perhaps this can't be done. As the user >> adefaria I wish to ssh to another machine as another user (ccadmin) >> and not be prompted with a password. Is this doable without "giving >> away the farm" security-wise? To allow certain users the right to ssh >> as another user without the need for a password? > > Sure you can. I do it all the time. Simply generate a public/private > key pair for the user on your home machine, and add the public key to > the authorized_keys file for ccadmin. I'm figuring that out. Thanks for the guidance. >> Finally, I would like to ssh to my home machine without needing a >> password. At work I'm adefaria, at home I'm Andrew. I wish to >> >> $ hostname >> adefaria >> $ echo $USER >> adefaria >> $ ssh Andrew@<home>.com >> >> and have my home machine set up to allow adefaria AT adefaria to come in >> as Andrew. > > Same as above: generate a key pair for adefaria at work, and add the > public key to the authorized keys file for Andrew at home. Yes. This is cool. OK, thanks guys... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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