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Created August 17, 2012 07:41
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#!/bin/sh
KEY="$HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub"
if [ ! -f ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub ];then
echo "private key not found at $KEY"
echo "* please create it with "ssh-keygen -t dsa" *"
echo "* to login to the remote host without a password, don't give the key you create with ssh-keygen a password! *"
exit
fi
if [ -z $1 ];then
echo "Please specify user@host.tld as the first switch to this script"
exit
fi
echo "Putting your key on $1... "
KEYCODE=`cat $KEY`
ssh -q $1 "mkdir ~/.ssh 2>/dev/null; chmod 700 ~/.ssh; echo "$KEYCODE" >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys; chmod 644 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
echo "done!"
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