Category: ssh / rsync

cyber: keep ssh updated: ssh is critical infrastructure
30.06.2026

… is of course very very critical infrastructure, blunders in this area will have devastating consequences for the whole globe. this time it is luckily only the CLIENT ssh side that is affected libssh2 is a client-side C library implementing […]

GNU Linux Debian: the amazing world of ssh forwarding (how to forward vnc port of pcC via pcB to connect from pcA) (tunnel vnc via ssh over jumphost (pcB)) why does mate desktop network manager keep disabling dropping NIC network interface? (debian mate gnome network manager how to activate settings, temporarily testing network settings)
29.03.2026

requirements: make sure ssh public key auth works without password: pcA -> pcB, and pcB -> pcC pcB = “jumphost” # in general pcA <—-> pcB <—- pcC (x11vnc) # yes it’s kind of a weird syntax X-D ssh -L […]

GNU Linux ubuntu ssh root login not possible
21.02.2025

ubuntu managed to disable root login, no matter what is set in /etc/ssh/sshd_config so all ssh-copy-id root@123.123.123.123 fails the only possible way to login straight as root (only on test systems!) is to 1. manually create mkdir /root/.ssh/ touch /root/.ssh/authorized_keys […]

GNU Linux ssh magic tricks – access devices without opening firewall port – reverse ssh proxy tunnel – open source admin’s vpn and teamviewer replacement (no open ports needed) – how to use ssh into a network behind router-firewall and forward port of any device to localhost
01.04.2024

scroll down to: “how to access user-dev-admin’s home network boxes from anywhere via reverse-ssh-tunnel! :D” ssh tunnel remote deviceD’s port access a device’s port that is only available via a specific machine 😀 or in other words: ssh-tunnel port of […]

gnu linux bash – ssh login as different user
12.01.2020

situation: one is userA but wants to ssh login to server with ipv4: 123.123.123.123 via userB (dedicated user for that server/task). so what one does is: make sure one can login as userB than as userA: userA: ssh -v -i […]

how to qnap + ssh public private key auth setup
30.08.2016

0. generate keys on client ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C “comment for what this keypair is for” when asked for passphrase, do not enter anything… cat .ssh/id_ed25519.pub # copy this line ssh-ed25519 ALOTOFRANDOMNUMBERSANDLETTERSMopLe comment # ssh into qnap ssh -v admin@192.168.0.123 […]