sshd and ftpd

[Preston Kutzner]

On Apr 25, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:

> Preston Kutzner wrote:
>> On Apr 25, 2009, at 6:48 AM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Total amazment! I used the Gnome Places and it worked just fine! I
>>> even
>>> gave my setup a name so I can call it again and again. The name
>>> shows up
>>> when I click Places!
>>>
>>>
>>> I need to give it the password for the other computer but that is  
>>> all.
>>> Display what you want and and slide it over on to your computer :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank YOU!!!!!
>>>
>>
>>
>> If you don't want to have to enter a password every time you connect,
>> you can use shared SSH keys to login to each box.  The nice thing
>> about this method is that you don't have to specify a password for  
>> the
>> ssh keys, so when you log in it doesn't ask for one.
>    The problem I have with your method is it's complexity. I can
> remember passwords easy. When I worked I had 4 safes in my outer  
> office.
> They were full of Top Secret stuff. We had to change passwords every 3
> months. Took a lot of memory work.


Yes, it is definitely more complex than just remembering a password.   
However, it's much easier to script SSH sessions and commands if you  
use ssh keys, as you don't have to provide passwords.  Also, it does  
allow you the added benefit of ssh keys, as I believe I mentioned in  
my last email, is that you can eventually turn off tunneled cleartext  
passwords in sshd and only allow logins from those using keys.
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