A network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices
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SSH works locally but not remotely
I have remote login turned on, and when I'm at home, I can access the Mac via SSH just fine, by using the local IP address. However when I try to access it when I'm not at home, using the global IP ...
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ssh publickey error
I have a MBP with 10.8.4 and a Mac minis server with 10.8.4. I set sshd to only allow publickey and it worked.
But now, I’m now sure why, it doesn’t work anymore. I always get
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rmate setup - error message
I want to setup rmate on my server, but I always get this error message and I’m not sure what to tod
/usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.0.0-p195/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in ...
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Setting up “HPN-SSH - High Performance SSH/SCP” on Mac OS X
As you'd expect from the name,
HPN-SSH - High Performance SSH/SCP
is a "high performance" patch of SSH/SCP.
I've installed a newer version of OpenSSL via Homebrew
(brew install openssl).
I've ...
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Remove old user from Remote Login permissions list
On OS X 10.8 I deleted a user account which had Remote Login permissions. Now, in the Sharing tab of System Preferences, that user shows up as "Unknown User", and clicking the minus button won't ...
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File Vault 2 and ssh
I am considering enabling File Vault 2 on my Macbook Pro, which frequently stays at work overnight, and which I often need to log into remotely using ssh. What are the ramifications of using File ...
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What Could Cause the Ethernet to not Connect to Internet, Yet Connect to Devices on Network
This has been my problem for about 6 months. On my 2011 MBP, if I connect a working ethernet cable to my ethernet port, it will either do nothing or my internet connection will die totally, even when ...
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SSH into LAN from outside through Airport Extreme
I have an Airport Extreme, and a local network.
I have several computers within this network.
I want to be able to SSH into this local machine within the network, from outside it.
What I have done ...
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apple tv ssh script automation
I have a Apple TV 2nd generation that is jailbroken and I run xbmc on it. At times it gets hung or freezes up. At that point, I open up the terminal on my macbook and run this script.
ssh ...
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publickey error using cvs
I'm trying to get a copy of the repository for scrotwm using their cvs repository, but I'm having some trouble. I'm running the pull according to this example: ...
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preventing ssh command from opening xquartz on every session
Whenever I use ssh, after I type the password, xQuartz pop ups in the dock and terminal window looses focus. This happens even if there's no an X session. Why? How to prevent this behavior?
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Change iPhone file permissions wihout jailbreak
I want to delete some apps (games) but backup their save game data.
Since there's no way to save your saved game data the only way to backup this files is using something like iFunBox and copy both ...
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Clearing user input - New Remote Connection Window MAC OSX
I was using Terminal.app to to use the ssh command and I opened the "New Remote Connection" window. There is this long text box under the "user" box that displays the ssh ... commands that were ...
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Auto open 4 terminal sessions and SSH them to a given host
I'm doing Rails development on a MacBook via a VirtualBox setup that's somewhat similar to Vagrant. My inconvenience is that I like to have at least 3 terminal tabs connected to the VM via SSH (one ...
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Can an Open Directory (10.8) user's home directory be changed from the terminal?
I'd like to use SFTP/SSH for users (students and faculty) to manage their web content. The default home directory is "/Users//". I'd like to point them to something like "/Users//web" to block access ...
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How to have sshd re-read its config file (without killing ssh connections)?
How can I get the ssh server to re-read its configuration file (/etc/sshd_config), without killing existing ssh connections?
EDIT: If I run kill -HUP <SSHD_PID> I kill the connection.
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Terminal: Is there a way to be notified of activity when tailing an error log
I often ssh into a machine and tail -f it's php error log. My ideal situation would be to leave this terminal window open in the background, but when there's activity from the tail command, have the ...
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How can I import private keys to iSSH app in iPhone?
Suppose a private key in Dropbox/server. I have tried copying it from Dropbox to iPhone's default clipboard and then to iSSH app but there is no area to paste it in iSSH, very unintuitive ...
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autossh not behaving as expected
I am trying to use autossh, like so:
autossh -f -i id_rsa -D 8080 user@myserver.com
However, on both an PPC Tiger eMac and a Mountain Lion MacBook Pro, I just get presented with the argument and ...
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Enable SSH access for AD admin accounts
I have the need to configure SSH access for a AD service account on a fleet of Macs. I can't make the account a local account as the password for the service account cycles often. The end goal is to ...
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SSH request timeout every time
I am trying to access a storage space we have at work via ssh but I get a timeout every single time (Mac OS 10.7.5 - Terminal).
I checked firewalls, settings, even turned off Little Snitch, and port ...
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SSH command has no -Z option - Obfuscated ssh client
I am working on a project remotely, and I have MACOSX 10.7.4 installed. The server is Ubuntu linux based, and I use "ssh" to access it. Recently the openSSH server in the remote server being secured ...
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SSH connection hangs out at SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT recieved
I tried to connect to a server with ssh, but it failed. I tried UseDNS no, update OpenSSH with MacPorts. But it didn't work.
Using user@ip -v I get the following output
OpenSSH_5.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r ...
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How to access my .ssh folder for Transmit or Cyberduck?
I"m trying to connect to my linux server which uses public key authentication. By default, the .ssh folder is hidden on my mac (which I can access via the terminal). However, when I try to setup a ...
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Disable password authentication on SSH server on OS X Server 10.8
I want to disable the password authentication of the SSH server on my OS X Server. this should be done in /etc/sshd_config, right? But I’m not sure which setting I should change…
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Why does Mountain Lion ask me for my password when trying to SSH even though I have setup public/private keys?
On Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) I have setup public/private keys for passwordless SSH to another Mountain Lion machine but when I try to SSH to the other machine it still asks for my password. I have ...
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Terminal Tab Title after SSH Session
In Mac OS X (I'm on 10.6.8, though I believe other versions are the same) ssh'ing into a remote machine changes the title of the current tab in Terminal. Annoyingly, when I disconnect from the remote ...
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How do I enable a standard account to SSH in?
I have SSH working fine on my Mac. I created a new "standard" account but I can't ssh in with it? Why is this and how do I remedy it?
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SSH and Transmit
So jailbroke the ipad successfully and tried to ssh into it using terminal and it works. I then tried to change the root and mobile user passwords which also went smoothly. Now when i try to SFTP it ...
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Apple Reverse SSH Tunnelling Issue
I've been trying to setup reverse SSH tunnelling from outside my network to home but I've beet getting no-where. My setup is all Apple: two Macs behind an Airport Extreme, one at x.x.x.20 listening on ...
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Rename terminal tabs, persist while in SSH
I'm aware Cmd-I includes options to rename a tab. However while I'm ssh'ed into another machine (more precisely: my computer -> ssh -> ssh -> ssh) every time I run a persistent command, in this case ...
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Monkeysphere on OS X?
Today I found Monkeysphere: http://superuser.com/questions/378853/how-to-use-gpg-and-ssh-together
For me it'd be a nice way to leverage the web of trust of GPG to have friends authenticate with my ...
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How to add a script that types in the password for my vps through applescript
I made a script recently and have turned it into an app, it basicly logs me into my vps via ssh but I don't know how to tell it how to type in my password for me, heres the code
tell application ...
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ECDSA ssh key on 10.8.2
I used ssh-keygen -t ecdsa to generate an ECDSA key, but I got the error
unknown key type ecdsa.
man ssh-keygen says:
-t type
Specifies the type of key to create. The possible values are ...
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Terminal Actived Push Notification Utility for OS X and iOS?
I am basically wondering if there is any tool(s) that can generate a push notifications on OS X and/or iOS from terminal entries. Idea here is you could connect via SSH and make a custom push ...
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How Do I Access/Change OSX System Preferences Using SSH?
I currently have SSH enabled on my 2011 Mac Mini Lion Server. I want to be able to use a VNC Viewer to connect to it as well from my Windows 7 client. I've downloaded the RealVNC VNC Viewer and ...
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SSH to localhost on OS X Mountain Lion fails with invalid password (after reinstall & migration)
After reinstalling OS X, then migrating my account over via Time Machine, I cannot ssh to localhost. It asks me for a password, but doesn't take my actual user's password.
I tried setting up a ...
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How to setup a ssh tunnel that works with P2P and filtered http from OS X to a linux machine over SSH?
I do have a linux machine (Ubuntu) which has no filters and a client machine which is behind a firewall that have even web traffic filtering.
I can properly establish SSH connections from the client ...
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Can't SSH access iPad
Once some time ago, I had SSH access to my iPad (3rd generation running iOS 5.1.1) and had changed the root password successfully. Now however, I can no longer access it via SSH. I have gone back ...
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ssh fails: image not found [preauth]
When I try to SSH to my computer, ssh fails with this error:
MothershipKuyan:~ kuyan$ ssh kuyan@localhost
Connection closed by ::1
This also happens when I attempt to SSH to my user from another ...
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Can anybody give me the original ssh.plist file for OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)?
I try to modify my ssh.plist file, but as a noob, I erased my backup file by modified one :-(
I am looking for the content of the original file from the install.
Can anybody give it to me?
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Using SSH-LPR with Mac?
I'm looking for a way to add a printer to my MacBook that prints using the lpr command on a remote server. I have passwordless logins set up, and I found a script that appears to do what I need it to: ...
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SSH to a device that connects to the internet via shared LAN
I have a Raspberry Pi connected to my Macbook Pro with a LAN cable.
The network from my Mac is shared with the Raspberry Pi through this cable.
Is it possible to ssh from my Mac to the Raspberry Pi ...
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ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed
In university I normally SSH into the CS server. However today I keep getting the following error: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host. SSHing with -v flags gives me the ...
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terminal ask for ssh passphrase every time
I'm relatively new in the Mac world, and right now I'm having a problem with Terminal. Every time I open Terminal (new tab or new window) I have to insert the SSH pass phrase.
Why? How can I ...
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What causes chmod to not work on an ssh file in OSX?
I am trying to mount private keys from USB stick. OSx does not allow me to change their permissions, why? How can I change them? In other words, how can I add private keys from random USB stick to ...
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Can I prevent a remote Mac from entering sleep via a remote ssh connection?
Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion, i've the feeling my Mac (early 2008 iMac) goes to sleep randomly when i'm connected through SSH.
It's there a way I can prevent my Mac to go to sleep when i'm ...
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PuTTY Equivalent for Mac
Is there a good PuTTY (free telnet / ssh client) equivalent for OS X?
I know that I can just use terminal and an ssh command, but I want some sort of application that will store connection info, ...
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Rebooting a headless Mac Mini
I have an old Mac Mini on which I installed Ubuntu to be used as a test server.
I completely formatted the hard disk before installing ubuntu, installation went fine and everything is working; so far ...
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What's a good SSH tunneling client for ios?
I need a solution that will work without jailbreaking.
On Linux and on OSX, I use ssh on the command-line to open ssh tunnels so I can run client-server applications securely.
I need to do the ...
