installing and using ssh. setting up ssh keys on the server

ssh-copy-id doesn't do anything else than scp and ssh on your behalf so if they require password authentication, ssh-copy-id will do so as well.

I am trying to securely pass a ssh password through the ssh-copy-id command in a way that doesn't pass the password in plain text over the local network.

Take a look at sshpass. Place your password in a text file and do something like this: $ sshpass -f password.txt ssh-copy-id ...

Try this: ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [email protected] -y it does not add the host keys to the known_hosts file but lets you copy (or append) the public

ssh-copy-id is used to enable logging in to remote ssh server via a ssh key. That is, you execute ssh-copy-id once, and then login normally using ssh.

I get my ssh key automatically copied to that host without the need to do : copy-ssh-key command manually.

I need to automate some identity deployments, ideally using ssh-copy-id . I'm trying to provide the password through stdin, which is possible on ...

ssh-copy-id is a useful tool for SSH connections to a remote host without using a password. Basically, it copies the SSH key into the remote host's authorized_ ...

Script to automatically add our public key on a list of servers to remove the pain from typing each time our password when we want to access a server.

ssh-copy-id installs an SSH key on a server as an authorized key. Its purpose is to provide access without requiring a password for each login.