Comments on: Use Aliases to Create SSH Shortcuts

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:22:26 +0000

I went the config route. Works great!

By: Send an Alert to Notification Center from the Command Line in OS X

Send an Alert to Notification Center from the Command Line in OS X — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:23:17 +0000

[...] you go the latter route, you’d best off creating an alias in bash_profile. For the purpose of this article we’ll assume you installed it through [...]

By: Gonçalo

Gonçalo — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:55:05 +0000

YAY, you’re right!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:34:44 +0000

I forgot to mention I type them all up and then place them in dropbox and when I do a fresh install I will do this..

Terminal
/Users/Jeff/Dropdox
sudo cp -R /ssh_sites/ /usr/bin

then they are all back in there so I don’t have to keep typing them out over and over..

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:32:37 +0000

I just make little files in /usr/bin by doing the following..

open terminal

sudo vi /usr/bin/butter
ssh jeff@butter.net
:wq!
sudo chmod 755 /usr /bin/butter

then when you open terminal you type butter

whammo you are in

By: SSH to an iPhone (or iPad)

SSH to an iPhone (or iPad) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:41:32 +0000

[...] you may want to set a manual DHCP IP address so that it doesn’t change on you, and then setup an SSH alias so you don’t have to type the entire connection string [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:46:34 +0000

Using ~/.ssh/config to do this is highly recommended instead of aliasing.
In ~/.ssh/config file

Host myhost
Hostname server.domain.com
User user
Port 888

then you may just type “ssh myhost” and will have exactly same effect, except that it’s done in the RIGHT way.

By: Connect to a Wireless Network from the Command Line

Connect to a Wireless Network from the Command Line — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:48:06 +0000

[...] could combine this tip with using aliases to create shortcuts and eliminate the need for the lengthy command. An example to put in your .bash_profile would [...]

By: Bink of Boldhome

Bink of Boldhome — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:22:23 +0000

The 888 value is not a password, it specifies the port on which the SSH server is listening. This hint only marginally better than useless since using the ~/.ssh/config file is 1) not that difficult and 2) doesn’t have to be sourced upon modifying it.

By: David

David — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:10:42 +0000

For security purposes I would recommend requiring the input of your password manually on each connection, or as Doug recommends, using an SSH key. It’s generally not a good idea to have passwords openly readable in plain text.

By: Doug Jaworski

Doug Jaworski — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:29:22 +0000

You are probably best of using ssh keys. utilizing the key method will eliminate the need for a password.

By: Vijay Kumar

Vijay Kumar — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:34:32 +0000

Thanks for the hint. However if your password is more complex than 888, it does not work. Do I need to escape that? For example password is “Ab$234.” what should be the alias command line?