Configuring a static IP on Debian Wheezy for Raspberry Pi

$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

Change:

iface eth0 inet dhcp

to

iface eth0 inet static

Below this line enter the following, replacing x where necessary for your network config.

address 192.168.x.x
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.x.0
broadcast 192.168.x.255
gateway 192.168.x.x

Removing a passphrase from an OpenSSH pub key

I’d set a passphrase on an OpenSSH key that I use to connect to a git repo on my local server. It started to get annoying, and more annoying with any other tool that I tried to use with the same key as it’s seems not all tools are setup to handle the prompting for the keyphrase.

Quickest workaround: remove the passphrase with ‘ssh-keygen -p’

– when prompted give the name of the pub/priv keypair (eg id_rsa), give the current keyphrase, and then when prompted for the new keyphrase, just hit return and again to confirm.