SSH: Advanced Cheat Sheet

Add passphrase protection to ssh keyfilessh-keygen -p -f id_rsa
configure SSH to avoid trying all identity filesssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i id1.key [email protected]
Convert OpenSSL format to SSH-RSA formatssh-keygen -f my_ssh.pub -i
Critical ssh files/folders~/.ssh/authorized_keys~/.ssh/config~/.ssh/known_hosts
SSH config file/etc/ssh/ssh_config/etc/ssh/sshd_config
SSH key file permissionchmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
SSH folder permissionchmod 700 ~/.sshchown -R $USER:$USER ~/.ssh
Authorizedkeys file permissionchmod 644 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
Mute Warning: Permanently addedssh -o LogLevel=error

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