Get ssh key fingerprint for comparing safely

SSh keys can be long and unwieldy to compare. Many platforms digest them to md5 formats for non disclosure such as github. This command will give you the digested fingerprint of an ssh key in linux / Mac. nJoy 😉

Automatically passing ssh password in scripts especially to ESX where passwordless ssh is hard

First you need to install sshpass. Ubuntu/Debian: apt-get install sshpass Fedora/CentOS: yum install sshpass Arch: pacman -S sshpass Example: sshpass -p “YOUR_PASSWORD” ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no YOUR_USERNAME@SOME_SITE.COM Custom port example: sshpass -p “YOUR_PASSWORD” ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no YOUR_USERNAME@SOME_SITE.COM:2400 from : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12202587/automatically-enter-ssh-password-with-script   This works better for me though for sshfs: echo $mypassword | sshfs -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no user@host mountpoint -o workaround=rename…

Run a local script on remote machine with parameters

So you have a script on the local machine and you want to run it remotely and pass arguments to it : ssh user@remote ‘cat | bash /dev/stdin param1 param2 .. paramN’ < /usr/scripts/localscript.sh 😉 nJoy  

Recording a session for a user when he / she logs in ssh

  To start recording each session add this to the users .profile file DATE=$(date +”%Y%m%d%H%M”) mkdir /log/$DATE script -t 2>/log/$DATE/bashlogs.timing -aqf /log/$DATE/bashlogs.script   to playback go to /log/<timestamp> and run scriptreplay  bashlogs.timing bashlogs.script 3 where the 3 is the speed up factor. nJoy;  

Using Stunnel to Encrypt Unsecure Connections

So you’re a fully signed up ‘tin foil hatter’ and you have an old app that communicates over the internet but doesn’t use SSL? Not to worry, there is a solution for you and its called stunnel. Stunnel is available for both Linux and Windows, and simply put creates an SSL tunnel from one machine…

Starting vnc on Display 0 ( local display ) from a remote ssh session

i.e. You wnet home need your desktop have ssh no vnc !! Here is the easy solution.. Install x11vnc. $ DISPLAY=localhost:0 x11vnc & connect to the display using vnc et voila ! BTW Teamviewer also USED TO WORK but no longer in ver 8 so thanks VNC for not being obsolete.. nJoy 🙂