If the computers are not bound to a central directory, as is often the case with mobile computers, you can use your management system to install one or more managed users on the system. In larger organizations the computers will often be connected or bound to a directory service, to centralize the user and group management. ![]() You will obviously need an account on the host for this to work. This is and has been a common practice for computers, servers, websites for a long time and it works for ssh as well. The default way to authenticate yourself to the ssh host is to give it the correct username and password combination. However, how does the host know that you are who you claim to be? Open Sesameā¦ The keys allow you to be sure that you are talking to the correct host and not an imposter. In the previous post we discussed how ssh uses public and private keys to secure the data sent back and forth, between the remote computer (host) and your machine (client). ![]() Please consider supporting Scripting OS X by buying one of my books!
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