

If not installed you’ll be prompted to install them. You’ll need Command Line Tools for Xcode installed to install i2cssh using gem in Terminal. If you prefer iTerm2’s panes, you can use i2cssh instead. If you use an alternative to Terminal such as iTerm2, there is a erm binary included along with the csshX binary in the csshx-master folder downloaded from GitHub. One advantage of using a ~/.ssh/config file is that you can just use the nickname in commands. Note that the first time SSH negotiates authentication using your key-based identity, you'll be asked to store the passphrase in Keychain Access.

Press Control-O to writeout, Return to accept, and Control-X to exit Nano. While in Nano, assuming two different host machines on a LAN, one a MacBook and the other a MacBook Air, and one user named Joe, you would type the following: Scp ~/.ssh/macbook.pub create a basic ~/.ssh/config file which contains a nickname, host name, port number, RSA authentication identity, and user name to login as for each host machine: Assuming a username of Joe and a machine host name of 192.168.0.11, you would use the secure copy command: If not already existing, create an authorized_keys file on the host machine:Įnd the ssh session to the host machine and upload the public key created for it. Next, if not already existing, create a ~/.ssh directory on each host machine after making a ssh connection to it: Repeat for each host machine, giving each key pair a unique name. This will create a private key to ~/.ssh/macbook and a public key to ~/.ssh/macbook.pub. For example, on a LAN connecting to a macbook host you might use: First, in Terminal create a ~/.ssh directory on your computer if not already existing:Ĭreate the RSA key pair with a unique file name using the -f option.
Csshx iterm2 password#
For an interactive session the basic syntax is:ĬsshX security and to not have to input the password every time for each host machine, you can create a private and public RSA key pair, ideally a pair for each host machine, each with a unique passphrase which will be stored in Keychain Access. Be aware that you are sending commands to all connected hosts simultaneously. CsshX allows keyboard input from a master window to be sent simultaneously to multiple ssh sessions, each in a separate Terminal window.
