[plug] ssh keys

[Richard Meyer]

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                      "Jon  Miller"                                                                                                  
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>Got a question regarding ssh keys.
>I need to have on a rhl server the ssh public key from several locations
(home and office).  Do I need to use >the same key or is there a way to add
multiple public keys to the one authorized_keys file on the main servers?
>In other words if I generate the public key on one workstation (office
desktop) and I add this to the servers. >Do I need to copy the desktop key
to the home PC also?

If I understand your question correctly, you want to allow access to a
particular machine from several others?

If so, copy the public keys from the various machines to the machine you
need, and then

cat public_key1 >> authorised_keys
cat public_key2 >> authorised_keys
cat public_key3 >> authorised_keys

and then you can ssh paswordlessly(if there is such a word) from any of the
machines where the public keys came from.

Regards
RichardM