SSH How-to: type CLI terminal commands into your phone from your Linux computer

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To log in without having to type the password from a Linux host:

    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa

Use the default file locations and leave the password empty (provided you are the only root on your computer).

    $ ssh-copy-id defaultuser@IP

Type the depeloper password one last time. After that public-key authentication should work.

Now you can become root on your Jolla and copy ~defaultuser/.ssh/authorized_keys to ~/.ssh. After that

    $ ssh root@IP

should also work without asking for a password.

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