If you use Secure Shell to log into remote Linux servers throughout the day, you should consider using a config file to make your life easier. Here's how.

You could put the name in your /etc/hosts file, or you could set up a local DNS server, but you can also solve this problem using ssh's config file. To create an ssh config file execute the commands: ...

And that’s all there is to creating a script to run a command on multiple hosts defined in your SSH config file.

Push files to our shell to back them up or share them. cat [example-file] | ssh [email protected] cat ">" [example-file] Pull files from the shell for retrieval.

This tip should work on most any OpenSSH server that allows access to its sshd_config file, but, as FOSSwire points out, it means any connections you leave open are just that—open to any ...

This is a step-by-step guide on how to compare the contents of local and remote files with the help of SSH. Watch our related video tutorial.