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OpenSSH Keys

OpenSSH is included in OS X and allows admins full access to all levels of a machine’s OS. However, you have to type in a password for every connection, which can be tiresome when you need to connect to 20 client machines!

Thankfully, we can avoid all this typing through a private/public key system. There is an article on creating the necessary keys on the OpenSSH website, which is easy to follow. I’m going to run through and OS X centric implementation here. MORE »