Question about setting up ssh

[Digimer]

On 10-06-11 07:20 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
>    I now have 4 linux computers; my main PC, the "hot backup", a netbook,
> and one dedicated to PVR (still setting it up).  I run into situations
> where I want to pass stuff back and forth.  I want to implement the
> following solution...
>
> * collect the "id_rsa.pub" files from all users, *INCLUDING ROOT*
> * concatenate all these files together
> * store the resulting file as "authorized_keys" in all the *REGULAR*
>    users' ~/.ssh directories
> * but not in root directories

> * set "PasswordAuthentication no" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on all machines

This shouldn't be needed. So long as you generated the source 
user at machine's key RSA keys without a pass-phrase and having the 
'~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub' keys in your target user at machine's 
'~/.ssh/authorized_keys' file, the password won't be asked.

>    This should allow all users to log in to all other machines, and
> "su -" to root if necessary.  Transferring files between root acounts
> will be a two-step process, but that's OK.  On paper, it looks like
> it'll work.  Am I missing anything obvious?

Sounds like a plan.

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