Homefolder permissions bug ISPConfig

Today I ran into a still open bug of ISPConfig (ISPConfig 3.1.3 under Debian Jessie). The problem occurred, when I tried to clone a BitBucket repository with a non root SSH-user in his own website root (where permission rights generally should be no problem). Hence I wanted to use key-based authentication for BitBucket, I generated […]

SSH key authentication

Generate ssh key $> ssh-keygen Start ssh agent $> ssh-agent /bin/bash Add ssh key $> ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa List all used ssh keys $> ssh-add -l Show public key $> cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub Copy key to remote host via ssh $> ssh-copy-id -i id_rsa.pub ssh-user@host.domain If ssh-copy-id isn’t available on the respektive system, you can use the […]

Create a SSH key with 1024 Bit encryption

To generate a 1024 Bit encrypted SSH key you can use the following command: $> ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa Normally the key is saved in ~/.ssh/id_rsa together with the corresponding public key (~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub). Attention: Make sure you can remember the paraphrase later on if you entered one.