How To Access a (Course_account) with ssh keygen

or,

"How can I access another account without typing my password over and over".

Assumptions and Conventions

• This tutorial assumes you are using linux/unix, on a departmental cs account
  which you would receive as a grad student staff or academic with out department.
  • if you do not have such an account fill in two forms
    • http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/systems/forms/change_form.php
    • http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/systemssupport/forms/account_form.php
• For the example below substitute (course_account) for the account you need access to.
• This could be generalized to any other account you need access to via keygen.

Directions

• cd to your .ssh directory

• See the Makefile (by Bruce Folliot) , click (+)
  • save it as "Makefile"
  • copy it over to your .ssh directory

• run make with options to produce DSA 2 key.
  • it will produce a filename ending with .pub,
  • which is called your public key

• Mail your public key to helpdesk@cs.ualberta.ca, with the following
  • Message Attachment :
    • your public key
      note it has to be an attachment so as not to break up the single line code
  • Message Body :
    State
    • which (course_account) you need ssh access to
    • that are including as an attachment your public DSA 2 key

• When you have access to (course_account) (sub in your own course account in (course_account) above).

  • ssh (course_account)@ohaton
    will get you onto course_account without a password

  • scp filea (course_account)@ohaton:.
    will copy filea to the courses account
    (note the period . after the :

  • scp (course_account)@ohaton:fileb .
    will copy fileb from your course account to your current account.
    (note the space" " and period . after fileb