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I am having trouble trying to install ssh-copy-id on my Mac. I have tried to follow https://github.com/beautifulcode/ssh-copy-id-for-OSX but every time I run ssh-copy-id it gives me errors. Any ideas on how to get ssh-copy-id to install?

nwinkler
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You can install it using Homebrew:

brew install ssh-copy-id

If you don't want to use Homebrew, you can use this Mac port:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/beautifulcode/ssh-copy-id-for-OSX/master/install.sh | sh
nwinkler
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  • First gave me errors, but it turned out my brew library was a bit overdue for a refresh. Running `brew update` and then installing again solved the problem. – LapplandsCohan Sep 29 '16 at 18:30
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MacPorts version: sudo port install openssh +ssh-copy-id

Victor Sergienko
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ssh-copy-id is installed on macOS by default now.

$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.12.4

$ which ssh-copy-id
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id
Ryan
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The above methods do not work on old Macs. I have a lion OS. use this instead because the ssh-copy-id can not be installed with brew on old PCs due to compiling dependencies errors at ssl.

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh user@123.45.56.78 "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >>  ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

credit goes to this site

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Sherif O.
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    You left out the `chmod 700` from your linked site. You could instead use: `ssh USER@HOST 'umask 077 && mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys'` – jrw32982 Jun 01 '20 at 20:46
  • Both merged together is: `cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa_name.pub | ssh @192.168.1.X "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"` - it works for my old mac - `El Capitan` – Manuel Jordan Oct 01 '22 at 15:41
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install homebrew then $ brew install ssh-copy-id

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