I often profess that Linux can be used without the command line, but at some point, you might want to learn it anyway. When you do, consider these commands.

If you connect to remote computers over the Internet, it is a pretty good chance you use some form of SSH or secure shell. On Linux or Unix you’ll use the ssh command. Same goes for Linux-like ...

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

But a few years ago Finnish über-hacker Tatu Ylonen created a mind-blowingly cool thing called the Secure Shell, or ssh. ssh is a suite of tools that roughly correspond to Sun's rsh, rcp and rlogin ...

SSH SSH provides remote, text-based access to Unix systems. It is a secure replacement for Telnet, with several additional features. Pre-requisites for remote access Duo: You will need to have Duo set ...

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SSH obtains configuration data in the following order: command-line options, user's configuration file and system-wide configuration file. All of the options can be explored by browsing man ssh_config ...

That should enable you to issue ssh commands without being prompted by the password. It'll work pretty much the same under Mac as Linux.

If you administer multiple Linux servers, Jack Wallen has an easy script you can use to run commands on all of those servers at once.