[ubuntu-uk] Remote support for family & friends

[Byte Soup]

Thanks Jon

On 25 March 2011 09:41, Jon Spriggs <jon at sprig.gs> wrote:

> SSH keys are created by producing a pair of cryptographically equivelent
> numbers with a size of (usually) 1024 or 2048 bits (I think!) long. When
> performing a complex equation, the result of encrypting one with the other
> returns the same value. It is not linked to a hardware value.
>
> You can share the same private key around all the machines you own and
> trust, and put the public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the accounts
> you are trusted to access. Typically, I create a new account with my
> username the same everywhere, but you may want to set it up differently.
>
So Id need the private key on each machine in doing the accessing *from?*

> Remember, network access (such as port forwarding the VNC port) does not
> require you to be in the same account as the user. If you need to act as the
> user, you can login with your account and type
>
> sudo su - USERNAME
>
Id need to create a user called "support" on one of my machines, to generate
a private / public key pair for the "support" user?

> where username is the person you are supporting. The hyphen in the su
> command means "pretend I just logged in as them".
>
> If you are supporting a lot of machines, I'd start looking at creating a
> ~/.ssh/config file, but from the sounds of things, that's a while off yet!
>
> All the best,
> --
> Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
> On 25 Mar 2011 08:51, <bodsda at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > I believe ssh keys are generated from hardware I'd's, things like mac
> address etc.
> >
> > So I would expect if you created a new users, the old key would still
> work.
> >
> > Bodsda
> > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
> >
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> > From: Byte Soup <bytesoup at gmail.com>
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> > Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:47:38
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