0
I would like to know if it's possible to establish a connection to a server via ssh when starting a machine (I configured SSH key based secure authentication).
Thanks
Kakuja Quinx
Posted 2019-05-16T01:34:47.880
Reputation: 1
Automatic connection by ssh to the server at startup
Answers
0
Depends on what type of ssh connection and what you ultimately want to do with it.
Mount sshfs: https://serverfault.com/questions/9605/how-do-i-mount-sshfs-at-boot
Open a terminal when you log in to your desktop: add xterm -e ssh user@hostname or some equivalent to your desktop's startup applications
Connect via ssh when you log into the console: A terrible idea as you'd need to carefully craft escape clauses to NOT automatically ssh. Create a ~/.ssh/config file with the relevant details and then run ssh hostAlias
SHawarden
Posted 2019-05-16T01:34:47.880
Reputation: 479
Could you be a bit more specific? What exactly do you mean by "establish a connection to a server via ssh when starting a machine"? Do you mean you want to have a terminal session open that connects via ssh to the server after starting the client? – FriendFX – 2019-05-16T04:14:37.020
Yes, that's what I wanted to try to make clear. Sorry I lack computer science vocabulary. – Kakuja Quinx – 2019-05-16T08:17:42.613
The question's tags are suggesting you're running a Debian distribution, which one exactly? That may help some people to target their answer more specifically to your situation. – FriendFX – 2019-05-17T01:24:12.833