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SSH : add a host to ~/.ssh/known_hosts

Posted 04-05-2020 at 05:06 PM by karanis

Tags ssh

ssh-keyscan -t rsa -H 192.168.2.124 >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts

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SSH first time login without host cert (yes/no) confirmation

Posted 04-05-2020 at 04:30 PM by karanis

Tags certificate, ssh

THIS IS NOT ADVICED

If you are on a closed network, let`s say 100s of well known hardware, you may need to skip ssh to skip Host Key Check (which is not adviced but in automated scripts in trusted environments, you require this)

$ ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" user@host

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OpenSSH common mistakes, tips, and tricks

Posted 10-14-2014 at 11:09 PM by sag47

Tags ssh, ssh forwarding

Here's a post about common mistakes I see made with SSH. A few shortcuts to being more productive when you have a complicated server network. And other neat tips and tricks.

authorized_keys Permissions

The most common problem I see new users attempting to use public key auth is to get the permissions wrong either on their home directory, .ssh directory, or authorized_keys file. Luckily, the openssh project provides a helpful FAQ answer.

The Almighty...

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bashrc tweak - colors in ssh ession

Posted 09-10-2012 at 01:06 PM by NullTerminator
Updated 09-18-2012 at 09:39 AM by NullTerminator

Tags bashrc, putty, ssh, terminal colors

If you use any of a number of remote ssh clients and want to improve the color selection, here's a how to. Please credit the original authors. I'm just making it easier to find.

excellent ref @ http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-41538.html

Code:

 1. Edit the '.bashrc' file. You need to make a few small changes to the existing bash script.

(optional) Backup the file. Copy your existing '.bashrc' file in case you wish to restore it at a latter time. For

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SELinux and sshd

Posted 01-02-2012 at 04:55 PM by sag47
Updated 08-05-2012 at 12:58 AM by sag47

Tags security, selinux, ssh

So I've started using the new Fedora 16 on my main media server (previously F14) and decided to try something new this time. I've always set SELinux to permissive which is a bad idea normally for anything public (which this server isn't but I still want it). Anyway I believe I was testing something before I left for the holidays and ran

Code:

setenforce 0

which disables SELinux. I guess at some point it turned back on somehow and I was locked out of ssh. I dug through my logs (/var/log/messages,...

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Posted in SELinux Adventures

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