Thread: How do I run OpenSSH?
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2008-08-28 , 19:26
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Yeah I meant keys. I guess there's no point in setting up a user then. I'll just keep using root to login.
Don't use root. Like I'd pointed out, you really should log in as root and change the root and user passwords.. then, from then on, log as as 'user'. ONLY log in as root if you intend to do something that needs root permission (apt-get, for example). Avoid running as root as much as you possibly can.

Originally Posted by iamthewalrus View Post
This may be obvious, but a downside of using a keypair is that anyone who finds or steals your tablet has access to your pc as well.
Not necessarily. If someone has stolen your tablet or if you suspect any kind of abuse, you can tell the ssh server on your laptop or desktop to regenerate private server-side keys so that anyone logging in needs new keys to connect to it.