[ale] i just don't "get" it yet GOT IT

[hirsch at zapmedia.com]

ChangingLINKS.com writes:
 > How  to I ssh in?  I am not the same user on my local machine as I am on the 
 > server. . . .

The easiest way is to just 'ssh remoteuser at remotehostname' and then
type in that user's password.

To not have to type in the password, use ssh-keygen on the local
machine to generate a key for yourself.  Then on the remote machine
you edit the file ~/.ssh/authorized on the remote system and append
the contents of ~/.ssh/identity.pub on the local system to it.  (Note
that these are the instructions for ssh protocol 1.  The file names
are different for protocol 2.  Read the man pages for the new file
names.)

Now you can ssh to the remote system without typing in the password
for the remote system.

--Michael

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