ZimaOS - Creating authorized_keys and adding public SSH keys in Read-only system

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Hi Community,

I’m trying to add public ssh keys into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.
Getting errors like ‘Read-only’ etc when I try to create and try to save the file, how do you generate and add your public ssh keys on ZimaOS?

I generated keys in the /DATA folder, want to copy them into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys but am met with again ‘Read-only’.

With kind regards,

Hum+

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Update
You can override the given AuthorizedKeyFile to point to a diff ssh location and setup.
However so far the stored public keys aren’t found when I try to SSH from putty, IDE or terminal.

Still trying to get this integrated.

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Update
Steps taken so far:

There are multiple people invested in this endeavour so far wanting to self-host using Casa/ZimaOS.
The risks that come with it are for the people that do that and/or have the proper insurance for it. This is not a problem IceWhale should identify as ‘their problem’.

I also wanna give out that I have been receiving very negative and criticizing (almost personal attack) responses because we are trying to get Coolify to work properly on ZimaOS and the ZimeCube Pro. I have reported this to the mods and I discourage any form of even thinking of breaking discord or forum rules.

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  1. Create a writable directory
    mkdir -p /etc/ssh/keys-root
    chmod 700 /etc/ssh/keys-root

  2. Edit sshd_config
    vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Add this line at the end of the file:
AuthorizedKeysFile /etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys

  1. Create the authorized_keys file
    vim /etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys

Paste your public key:
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAI… voce@seuPC

chmod 600 /etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys

systemctl restart sshd

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i would like if they could add an easy way of adding ones ssh key like with the “ssh-copy-id” tool or via webui.

reason for me is i would like to create an user that could rsync to a zimaos directory easily and from with ssh rsync with locally created ssh keys, so locally available ssh-copy-id tool or again could be via webui to remote host.