ssh

Updated: 30 April 2025

Prefer password authentication over public key

ssh -o PreferredAuthentications=password -o PubkeyAuthentication=no user@example.com

Use one specific private key

ssh -o "IdentitiesOnly=yes" -i /home/me/path/to/private/key/id_rsa user@host

Use a non-standard port

ssh user@192.168.1.1 -p 26

Kill a ssh session

ps -A | grep ssh
kill PID # the process id from previous command

Generate a key pair

ssh-keygen -t rsa

Copy ssh key to clipboard

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | xclip -sel clip