[ale] Stupid question: SSH identity file for remote server

[Justin Caratzas]

Correct, but you will need to add your pubkey to the
.ssh/authorized_keys file.

Ubuntu has a utility `ssh-copy-id` that simplifies copying pubkeys to
remote hosts.

-- Justin

On 2/23/15 8:26 AM, Jonathan Meek wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm working on getting rdiff-backup working on my raspberry pi server. So
> far I have setup a user on the pi meant strictly for connecting via ssh and
> then doing the rdiff-backup.
>
> Am I thinking correctly in that if I want to do SSH keys instead of
> passwords that I will need to create a public/private keys on my laptop and
> then copy the public key over to the server under the .ssh folder for the
> user on my server?
>
> I feel like I should know this but just need confirmation that I am
> thinking right.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
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