QuickTip: Make life easier with ssh-copy-id

QuickTip: Make life easier with ssh-copy-id: "

How many times have you ran through this series of events?



$ cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub

...copy output to clipboard...

$ ssh myhost

...enter password...

myhost$ vi ~./ssh/authorized_keys

...paste public key and save...

myhost$ exit



Thanks to bash's tab completion, I happened upon ssh-copy-id. Instead of all that above, just do this:



$ ssh-copy-id myhost

...enter password...



You're done!

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