[Bug 524226] Re: ssh-import-id - retrieve a key from a public keyserver and add to the authorized_keys file

[Dustin Kirkland]

** Summary changed:

- ssh-authorize - retrieve a key from a public keyserver and add to the authorized_keys file
+ ssh-import-id - retrieve a key from a public keyserver and add to the authorized_keys file

** Description changed:

  ssh-copy-id is a great script for adding my public key to a remote
  server.
  
- I have a script in my ~/bin called ssh-authorize that does something
+ I have a script in my ~/bin called ssh-import-id that does something
  similar.  It retrieves a key from a remote public keyserver and appends
  it to .ssh/authorized_keys.
  
  By default, it uses Launchpad.net.  But the URL environment variable
  could be mangled accordingly.
  
  This script is incredibly useful for EC2 and UEC virtual machines, when
  I want to give someone else access to a VM.  I can trivially run:
  
-   ssh-authorize cjwatson
+   ssh-import-id cjwatson
  
  It also supports more than one ID as arguments.  So you could just as
  easily do:
  
-   ssh-authorize cjwatson kirkland kees
+   ssh-import-id cjwatson kirkland kees
  
  Ideally, this script would find a home in Ubuntu's openssh-server
  package.  If this isn't appropriate, we could find a home in cloud-init
  or cloud-utils, though I suspect that many non-UEC Ubuntu users might
  find it useful too.

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ssh-import-id - retrieve a key from a public keyserver and add to the authorized_keys file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524226
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