OK I guess I am partially incorrect, however if .ssh or authorized_keys is wrong permission, ssh-copy-id doesn't fix it.. I set .ssh folder to 777 and ssh-copy-id did not change it.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Lars Wirzenius <l...@liw.fi> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 07:43:27PM -0500, Al wrote: > > This might seem trivial but it helped enough people I work with that I > thought > > I should contribute the code. Instead of running "ssh-copy-id -i > identityName > > IPADDR" , all you had to do was "pushkey IPADDR". The difference between > my > > package and ssh-copy-id is that my package sets the permission on the > folder > > and file and it also gives you the option to create new ssh key keys if > it > > doesn't find it. ssh-copy-id does not have the ability to create the .ssh > > folder remotely nor does it change the permissions. And you had to > explicitly > > specify which key to use in ssh-copy-id. I use pushkey on many other > distro's > > too so I thought it might be something beneficial that can be ported over > > easily. > > Actually, ssh-copy-id does create the .ssh directory on the other end, > and sets its permission and the permission of the authorized_keys file > it creates. See this session: > > liw@havelock$ ssh -l tomjon localhost > tomjon@localhost's password: > Linux havelock 3.1.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Dec 11 20:36:41 UTC 2011 x86_64 > tomjon@havelock:~$ ls -ld .ssh > ls: cannot access .ssh: No such file or directory > tomjon@havelock:~$ logout > Connection to localhost closed. > [status 2] > liw@havelock$ ssh-copy-id tomjon@localhost > tomjon@localhost's password: > Now try logging into the machine, with "ssh 'tomjon@localhost'", and > check in: > > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys > > to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting. > > liw@havelock$ ssh -l tomjon localhost > Linux havelock 3.1.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Dec 11 20:36:41 UTC 2011 x86_64 > Last login: Tue Jan 10 01:01:32 2012 from localhost > tomjon@havelock:~$ ls -la .ssh > total 12 > drwx------ 2 tomjon tomjon 4096 tammi 10 01:01 . > drwxr-xr-x 3 tomjon tomjon 4096 tammi 10 01:01 .. > -rw------- 1 tomjon tomjon 385 tammi 10 01:01 authorized_keys > tomjon@havelock:~$ > > ssh-copy-id does not create keys, it is true. > > -- > Freedom-based blog/wiki/web hosting: http://www.branchable.com/ >
