Adding a Key for Automatic User Login

To automate tasks such as backups from remote hosts, it may be necessary to allow for the SSH login on VOSS-4-UC by a user without a password.

This login requires the addition of a public SSH key for the user. The user addkey command is available to add a keyfile for a user. The command to run, is of the format:

user addkey <username> <keyfile>

Note that:

• The user who runs this command, should have the <keyfile> available on their local directory. The public keyfile should therefore be copied to VOSS-4-UC.
• The user (<username>) for whom the key is to be added, should exist. If the user does not exist on VOSS-4-UC, a message shows to indicate this.

If the command is successful, the following message is shown:

User key added. You should try to ssh now