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Creating a new ssh config for ssh connections to a server.
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if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then | |
echo "this script works for ~/.ssh/ and uses the filename from \n | |
your first argument and the server from your second argument" | |
echo "example: $1 keyname_rsa username@serveraddress.net" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
#not checking if second argument contains @. | |
echo "generating ssh-key with specified name:" | |
echo ~/.ssh/$1 | ssh-keygen | |
echo "next please enter the password for the server:" | |
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/$1 $2 | |
address="$(cut -d'@' -f2 <<<$2)" | |
user="$(cut -d'@' -f1 <<<$2)" | |
echo "now go edit your ~/.ssh/config" | |
echo "would you like to automatically fill in this suggestion:" | |
echo "Host $1" | |
echo " HostName $address | |
User $user | |
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/$1\n" | |
echo "press y for the suggestion or n to exit." | |
echo "Do that? [Y,n]" | |
read input | |
if [[ $input == "Y" || $input == "y" ]]; then | |
echo "ok, inserting into ~/.ssh/config ..." | |
echo "\nHost $1\n HostName $address | |
User $user | |
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/$1\n">> ~/.ssh/config | |
echo "done :)" | |
else | |
echo "okay, bye!" | |
fi |
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