ssh Secrets Summary
Run Command on Remote System Without Logging In user@user-laptop:~$ ssh tony date Mon Aug 30 19:08:40 SPT 2010 For Program needing pseudo-tty use -t option of ssh. For eg: user@user-laptop:~$ ssh tony -t top user@user-laptop:~$ ssh tony -t screen -dr Tilde Tricks Tilde (~) is ssh's escape character. ~. terminate ssh connection. Specially useful when you loose connection and don't want to wait for ssh timeout. ~^z put the connection in background ~? list all key sequence ssh-keygen -R removes bad hostname from your ssh know host Shortcut Name For Connection In ~/.ssh/config enter the following information Host bob HostName bob.example.com Port 2222 User username Host alice HostName alice.example.com Port 8183 User username now to ssh user@user:~$ ssh bob user@user:~$ ssh alice Summarized from http://blog.ksplice.com/2010/08/six-things-i-wish-mom-told-me-about-ssh/