Re: using ssh-keygen to create identical keys
- From: Chuck <skilover_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:59:58 GMT
markryde@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello,
I have 5 clients which are connected to three server; this network is
for testing and
it not (AND WILL NOT!) be connected to the internet.
Now: becuase this is for testing, some machines are dual boot; also
quite frequently we
install OS on these machines. Theses machines have flavors of linux,
and there is also solaris.
My question is: we do work a lot with ssh.
If on the client side you run : ssh-keygen -t rsa
it generates 2 files:
id_rsa id_rsa.pub
then if you copy id_rsa.pub to the server renaming it to
authorized_keys2
(no need to restart the ssh daemon on the server!), than next time you
will run ssh from a client to a server than it will connect directly,
without need for a password.
Is there a way that all these clients will have the same key?
(so that on the server, a certain, common authorized_keys2 file will be
used, hopefully
with only one line).
Or is there some other way to cause all the clients to be able to
connect without a password
to all the servers ?
As I said, there is no fear of being attacked from outside as this net
is isoalted from
the outer world.
Regard,
MR
Yes there is a way. You generate the keys on one machine and copy them
to all the others. I would not do it though. I think it's generally a
good practice for each person to have their own keypair.
Also do not copy the public key to authorized_keys2. That overwrites it.
Use authorized_keys (keys2 is obsolete) instead and concatenate the keys
to the file, one line per key. This is how authorized_keys is designed
to work. It holds multiple keys, not just one.
.
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