
SEE: Identity theft protection policy (TechRepublic Premium) What you’ll need How do you do that on macOS? Let me show you. What if I told you that SSH can use a configuration file to make it much easier? By making use of the SSH configuration file, you can configure an entire data center worth of SSH connections such that you could issue a command:


Ssh what happens if you remote into 10 or 20 different machines throughout the day, each with different usernames and IP addresses? That can get a bit confusing after a while. Open your macOS terminal app and issue a command like:Īs long as your usernames are the same on both ends, you’re good to go, but if your user names aren’t the same, that command might look like: Generally speaking, SSH is quite easy to use. You probably use SSH to connect to remote machines for admin purposes. For more info, visit our Terms of Use page. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews.

We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. Jack Wallen shows you how to make SSH connections even easier from your macOS machine. How to use an SSH config file on macOS for easier connections to your data center servers
