On 09/27/2010 10:46 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:

(1) create your keyset on you desktop with

ssh-keygen -t dsa

(here you will be prompted for a password: just hit return for no password) Just understand that this is where physical security become a bit important. If you don't secure your normal desktop machine with a password, somebody could break into your desktop and steal your private key and then be able to use it to gain access to your laptop. I don't know about you, but if somebody breaks into my computer system -- the private keys are probably the least I'm worried about. (not to mention, they only get the private key and have no idea how many boxes might have a public key that matches much less what their hostnames are) I add this because some say never create a passwordless keyset -- I say nonsense. That is what physical security is all about if they have physical access to your box, nothing is safe. All they have to do is boot with an install DVD and set /bin/bash as the shell and then change the root password anyway -- so having a passwordless public/private keyset is a non-issue on a scale of 1 to 'you've just been rooted'. Passwordless public/private keysets are designed to be setup this way. Yes, you can install some ssh-agent or keyagent app that causes you to only have to type a password once for a password protected private key, but I have found all these to be pains, especially if you use different desktops (gnome, kde3, kde4, enlightenment, etc..) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 28/09/10 04:46, David C. Rankin wrote:

On 09/27/2010 06:39 PM, John Andersen wrote:

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You would use a command (in your local machine) something like ssh david:your-remote-machine-ip kmymoney

That would be:

ssh -X david:your-remote-machine-ip kmymoney

Also, if you don't want to enter your password each time you ssh into your laptop, then setup a ssl keyset between the boxes. It takes about 5 seconds. Since you want access to your laptop from your desktop, do the following:

(1) create your keyset on you desktop with

ssh-keygen -t dsa

which will generate a 1024bit dsa keyset in ~/.ssh The files will be id_dsa (your private key) and id_dsa.pub (your public key).

Just a tip, ssh-copy-id is a little script shipped on openSUSE that automates the following steps from here

(2) So you can keep them strait if you have several boxes, go ahead and copy the public key and append your hostname:

cp .ssh/id_dsa.pub .ssh/id_dsa.pub.desktophostname

(3) What you now need to do is get the public key on your laptop. Use rsync or scp:

rsync id_dsa.pub.desktophostname laptop:~/.ssh

(give your password this time)

(4) Now you just need to put the desktop public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on your laptop. So on your laptop, do

cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub.desktophostname >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

to here. Just run it as "ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub user@machine"

(5) Now ssh from your desktop into your laptop. You will get a one time confirmation to add 'XYZ to your list of know hosts (y/n)' just hit y and you are in your laptop. Now exit ssh to your laptop and ssh back in -- this time no password prompt and no confirmation. Your public key/private key setup is complete.

If you swap hard drives or something you will get a message telling you the host has changed and telling you you need to remove an offending key from your ~/.ssh/known_hosts file on the box you are initiating the ssh session from. Just look at the number of the offending key (it corresponds to the line you need to delete in the known_hosts file). Then just edit the file and delete the line. That's it.

I have all my boxes setup to unilize this setup and I have a common location for all the public keys. So if I add a new box, I can just copy the authorized_keys file 'pre-filled' to the new host, gen the keys for the new host and distribute its public key and we're done.

Good luck.

Regards, Tejas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 04/10/10 20:04, Fr David Ousley wrote:

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:39:52 -0400, John Andersen wrote:

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On 9/27/2010 4:15 PM, Fr David Ousley wrote:

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I want to run KMyMoney on a remote computer. The files reside on a laptop, and I want to be able to edit them from my desktop. Both are running Opensuse 11.2, and both are on the same local network; both have KMyMoney installed. What is the easiest way of doing this? And do I need to worry about overwriting changes if KMyMoney is open on both machines at the same time?

You would use a command (in your local machine) something like ssh david:your-remote-machine-ip kmymoney

Thanks (and apologies for delay is responding -- migraine interruption).

ssh david:your-remote-machine-ip kmymoney

tells me it cannot resolve the hostname, but it connects if I omit the username ("david"), and then accepts my password to the remote machine.

It then works. Many thanks!!

Try "username@hostname" format instead of the colon above. Regards, Tejas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org