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Content with Style - Comment #1 on 4 ssh config tips for faster remote working

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:36:52 +0000

Ahh... very nice. The bit about the config file is perfect. I'm going to use it for the IdentityFile variable, myself. +karma for you :)

Content with Style - Comment #2 on 4 ssh config tips for faster remote working

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:53:45 +0000

Great tips Matthias. Thanks!

Content with Style - Comment #3 on 4 ssh config tips for faster remote working

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:48:54 +0000

@MacDork: IdentityFile is a good way of handling multiple, well, identities; perfect for someone who likes to keep business and private (or in case of many freelancers/contractors business, business, business and private) separate. Use one identity for work, and another for personal projects, etc.

Thanks for the reminder. There's of course much more configuration options, here's a link to the man pages

Content with Style - Comment #4 on 4 ssh config tips for faster remote working

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:36:34 +0000

The most simple way to copy your public key is ssh_copy_id

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Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:32:58 +0000

@Arnaud: I had to look up this one first; it is indeed a great way of adding your public key to a server. This is part of OpenSSH, but sadly not of the default OS X installation (I guess linux folks are fine).

To get a more elegant solution for #2 on a Mac, download the latest portable OpenSSH and find the ssh-copy-id script in /contrib folder. Copy it, err, somewhere where your system finds it, and you're good to go. Thanks for the tip!

Content with Style - Comment #6 on 4 ssh config tips for faster remote working

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:15:54 +0000

Nice tips, I already use three of them. Using a public key is fundamental to speed up connection process.

Content with Style - Comment #7 on 4 ssh config tips for faster remote working

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:24:07 +0000

This is an interesting post. I wasn't aware of the ControlMaster. I'm going to look into that more.

re: #2 (Add your public key to your remote server), @Matthias as you said, ssh_copy_id isn't available for the OS X people in the crowd. For the subset of that crowd that isn't offended by Ruby, I wrote a tool called Rye for doing all kinds of remote SSH stuff (including executing commands on multiple machines in parallel). It comes with a command-line utility that can copy keys too:


$ rye authorize HOST1 [HOST 2 ... HOST N]

It can be installed with the command:


$ sudo gem install rye

Content with Style - Comment #8 on 4 ssh config tips for faster remote working

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:42:50 +0000

Nice tips, I already use three of them. Using a public key is fundamental to speed up connection process. cheers