Question

I use a private SSH key and passwordless entry for a number of user accounts on a server that hosts a number of websites.

I use the same private key for each user account. (because I’m lazy? or is that the “right” way).

I now want to authorise another trusted computer in a different part of the country. If I copy the contents of my ~/.ssh onto that machine will that work without any other set up?

Will both machines be able to maintain a connection at the same time?

Answer 1

This should work, and both machines should be able to maintain a connection at the same time – I’ve had to copy my ~/.ssh directory a few times before when hard drives have crashed.