SSH keys

From Mesopoly 3.0
Revision as of 10:57, 20 December 2007 by Zlatko (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
  • download WinSCP package (including key-generating PuttyGen.exe) at http://winscp.net/eng/download.php . Available in zip format http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/x86/putty.zip here.
  • 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
  • select and 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
  • will not work if your home directory has group write permission until you set StrictModes to 'no' in sshd_config (do not forget to restart sshd if making changes to configuration)
  • type hostname, username, select port 22 and select your previously created 'private key file' (leave 'password' field empty so 'private key file' field remains alive)
Retrieved from "https://www.vinodol.com/moki/index.php?title=SSH_keys&oldid=3191"