Linux Desktop Hacks

Konquer Remote Systems Without Passwords #36

Chapter 5, KDE Desktop

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HACK

Once again, type in the password for the user account on the remote system

and press Enter.

From this point forward, you should be able to enter your equivalent of the

location sftp://daggett@norbert in Konqueror, and you should be taken

immediately to your home directory on the server without having to enter a

password. Similarly, you should be able to enter the equivalent of the FISH

protocol, such as fish://daggett@norbert, which will take you to your home

directory on

norbert without asking for a password.

Dealing with Split Personalities

Suppose your username on the remote server is different from your user-

name on your local server. Or perhaps you are an administrator and want to

set yourself up with instant access to another user’s account.

The procedure to follow in both of these scenarios is almost identical

because the principle is the same, regardless of the username on the remote

server. As long as the user on the remote server has your public key stored in

the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file, you can log in to that account without sup-

plying a password.

The only differences in the procedure are that you must supply the different

username during parts of the procedure and—most important of all—you

must know the password for the account on the server with the username

that is different from your username on your workstation. ...