This guide goes through setting up SSH keys on macOS Mojave 10.14 back to Mac OSX 10.11 and also a secure password-less SSH connection between a local macOS workstation and a remote server also running a Linux variant operating system. The process requires generating a public and private key on the local computer and then …
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Connecting SSH with no Passwords from Local to Live Domain
This guide is about setting up a SSH connection without passwords from a local development environment to a live domain site, the requirements are that you have SSH access to the live domain. Setting up SSH folder on a Remote Domain SSH into the domain as the domain owner. By default some hosting providers do not set …
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Make a passwordless SSH Connection between OSX 10.10 Yosemite and Linux Server
This guide goes through setting up secure passwordless SSH connection between a local OSX workstation and a remote server also running a Linux variant. The process requires generating a public and private key on the local computer and then adding the public key to the remote servers authorised list. What is great about this is …
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Secure Remote SSH Connection with no passwords OSX 10.8 and Linux
How to generate public and private keys for SSH on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and then share that public key on another device and have it so that no password is prompted for a secure connection to a remote computer. First thing that you need to do on your OSX machine is to …
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Back up a VPS Web Host using SSH and SCP on Mac OSX 10.6
Using SSH and SCP you can copy your remote web VPS backups to your local machine in a secure manner and then by creating a back up script you can either run the script adhoc or schedule the process with a user launch agent. The first step is to create a SSH passwordless connection between …
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Secure Remote SSH Connection with no passwords OSX 10.7 and Linux
How to generate public and private keys for SSH on Mac OS X 10.7 and then share that public key no so password is prompted for a secure connection with a remote computer. OSX 10.9 Mavericks SSH Connection guide is here. First thing that you need to do is to create a directory that will …
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Open Directory Replica Fails to Replicate, OS X Server
There are a few gotchas when trying to set up an Open Directory Replica from an Open Directory Master on OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard. 1) DNS – First thing is that DNS has to be set up perfectly so you get forward and reverse look ups that match the FQDN and the …
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