I don't really understand how SSH works.
When I generate an ssh key on a machine, does this generate a key for the 'entire' machine and all of its users, or just the user i generated the key from? ssh-keygen
When you generate an ssh key, does this automatically set ssh to require the use of this key to connect to that machine with that user?
I am attempting to use VisualHostKey. Is there a way you can enable it from the CLI without editing /etc/ssh/ssh_config. For example: ssh -o VisualHostKey=yes doesn't seem to work
I generated an ssh key on a CentOS test machine in a vm; however, when checking etc/ssh/ I don't see a key for the username I was using at the time, but I do see something for ssh_host_ecdsa and ssh_host_ed25555; what are those?
Can you point me to a good resource to better understand ssh (other than manual pages or pinfo)
When I generate an ssh key on a machine, does this generate a key for the 'entire' machine and all of its users, or just the user i generated the key from? ssh-keygen
The key is file just as each other. It depends only on you where you place that file and which permissions you will set to it. But it is good practice to leave the file for you only. Such as you do with your password, PIN or keys to your home.
When you generate an ssh key, does this automatically set ssh to require the use of this key to connect to that machine with that user?
No
I am attempting to use VisualHostKey. Is there a way you can enable it from the CLI without editing /etc/ssh/ssh_config. For example: ssh -o VisualHostKey=yes doesnt seem to work
ssh -o VisualHostKey=yes host
works. Also you can create your per-user config file in ~/.ssh/config, where you can store
VisualHostKey yes
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