To convert an SSH key from SSH2-compatible format to OpenSSH-compatible, use the “-i” flag to “ssh-keygen”: -i This option will read an unencrypted private (or public) key file in SSH2-compatible format and print an OpenSSH compatible private (or public) key to stdout. ssh-keygen also reads the RFC 4716 SSH Public Key File Format. This option [...]
When using CVS-over-SSH, set the CVSROOT environment variable as follows: :ext:username@remotemachine:/full/path/to/cvsroot You may wish to use SSH public key authentication and ssh-agent to avoid having to enter your password on the remote machine repeatedly.
Running tar over ssh is straightforward: % tar czvf – /home/anl | ssh desthost “cat > home.tar.gz” Other ideas: % tar -cf – /u01 | ssh otherhost “bzip2 -c > /u1/u01-backup.tbz” % tar -cf – /dir | ssh otherhost “cd /newbasedir ; tar -xpf -”