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Asked: 2012-08-31 04:57:25 +0800 CST

Answer "yes" to ssh-copy-id first time run by script?

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The first time ssh-copy-id it will ask

# ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_dsa.pub [email protected]
The authenticity of host 'example.com (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 39:fb:5e:70:30:33:2b:18:17:e9:4f:2f:91:b5:d2:21.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

Is it possible to script this, so the script just will answer yes?

linux

4 Answers

  1. SSH has an option to automatically add any host keys to the trusted hosts file:

    ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_dsa.pub -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no [email protected]

    As an alternative, you could do the following:

    echo "yes \n" | ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_dsa.pub [email protected]

    Edit: since it appears these solutions don't work with ssh-copy-id, you could always create a ~/.ssh/config file with the following option in it:

    StrictHostKeyChecking no

    This should work with all SSH connections, regardless if they are invoked through a script or not.

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  2. Best Answer

    If your ssh-copy-id doesn't support the StrictHostKeyChecking option, you can write a script that does:

    1. Run ssh-keyscan against the target server to get the public key
    2. Append that to the known_hosts file
    3. Run ssh-copy-id
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  3. This was from a decade ago, but is still a relevant question and doesn't have a functional answer:

    ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_dsa.pub [email protected] <<< yes

    You will still need to enter your password.

    Just in case someone else stumbles across this old post.

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  4. Try this:

    ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [email protected] -y

    it does not add the host keys to the known_hosts file but lets you copy (or append) the public key to the authorized_keys that you want to, if that is the sole purpose here.

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