This article is going to concentrate several SSH client related topics and optimisations I have implemented. Amongst are: SSH client modular configuration Initially, the configuration for SSH client should be present (per-user) in the user’s home directory, under .ssh/config. I believe that this configuration file is not modular enough, and when you want to add/edit/remove…
This is a problem which bugs the Internet. Many solutions were suggested. All of them work sometimes (like making sure that the permissions on the private/public SSH key files are correct). One solution which never gets mentioned is about DNS. When attempting login to a remote server, the server attempts to resolve the connecting address…
SSH is a wonderful tool. One of its best features is the ability to pierce a firewall and let you go through it. If you’re using the dynamic port (-D as argument in command line openSSH), you actually get a SOCKS5 proxy over which you can transport all your desired data. This allows you the…
This post will describe the process of placing SSH keys using the internal ‘systemshell’ command of NetApp. As always – when doing something which the vendor did not intend you to do, do it very carefully. This data was obtained from NetApp forums, and while I do not have the original post to link (I…
Assume you have a single purpose account. Maybe some service account, user which should run a single task ever, or even a case of a limited menu interface. You want your user(s) to reach there using SSH because that is the method to do it right and secured. You want it to be easy for…
Installation of minimal selection of Centos 5 – only base, core and dialup selections, will leave a small-sized system, with the minimum required. This is a good setup to start setting up a firewall, and it lets you add any required package later using ‘yum’. This said, you cannot forward X over SSH at this…
