https://blog.its.lazman.xyz/categories/linux/ Recent content in Linux on This is Lazman Hugo en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:13:12 +0000 https://blog.its.lazman.xyz/posts/sshkey/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:13:12 +0000 https://blog.its.lazman.xyz/posts/sshkey/ <p> <a href="https://blog.its.lazman.xyz/images/terminal.jpeg" data-dimbox data-dimbox-caption="https://www.uforocks.com/blog/mac-ssh-clients/"> <img alt="https://www.uforocks.com/blog/mac-ssh-clients/" src="https://blog.its.lazman.xyz/images/terminal.jpeg"/> </a> </p> <p>I have some different habits when it comes to technology, which has led me to develop some &ldquo;weird&rdquo; workflows. To be honest, anyone who is in this field for some time has such habits. Today I&rsquo;ll talk about generating SSH keys.</p> <h2 id="the-usual-suspects">The usual suspects</h2> <p>Consider this scenario</p> <blockquote> <p>You have a VPS to which you connect via SSH. It&rsquo;s a good habit to turn off password authentication to improve the security of your server. So, being a responsible sys-admin, you generate an SSH key-pair from your PC and transfer it to your VPS using <code>ssh-copy-id</code>. Once you see your password-less login working, you turn off password-based authentication (<strong>PBA</strong>). Your login is now seamless.</p>