Difference between revisions of "SSH keys"
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*used this recipe http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/WinSCP_public_key_authentication.html | *used this recipe http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/WinSCP_public_key_authentication.html | ||
| − | *download WinSCP package (including key-generating PuttyGen.exe) [http://winscp.net/eng/download.php here] | + | *download WinSCP package (including key-generating PuttyGen.exe) [http://winscp.net/eng/download.php here]. Available [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/x86/putty.zip here] in zip format. |
*double click puttygen.exe to start it | *double click puttygen.exe to start it | ||
*select SSH-2 RSA (default) and click 'generate' | *select SSH-2 RSA (default) and click 'generate' | ||
Revision as of 10:48, 20 December 2007
- download WinSCP package (including key-generating PuttyGen.exe) here. Available here in zip format.
- double click puttygen.exe to start it
- select SSH-2 RSA (default) and click 'generate'
- 'create some randomness' as instructed on screen
- leave 'passphrase' fields empty
- click to save 'private key' as you would need this in client
- copy (do not use 'save public key' for unix use!) public key as displayed on the top of the screen
- paste and save the public key into your home directory on unix host, into file .ssh/authorized_keys
- chmod 700 .ssh
- chmod 600 authorized_keys
- also, will not work if your home directory has group permissions until you set StrictModes to 'no'
- do not forget to restart sshd when making changes to configuration
