Re: ssh and private keys

From: Basil Heathenston (neo_at_knac.dot.com)
Date: 12/06/03 

Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 03:05:20 GMT

"marti" <marrcinus@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:76a2c725.0312051813.10ae9739@posting.google.com...
> Hi!
>
> I have a simple question.
> How do I use private keys for connecting to my shell account in "ssh"
> command?
> I have a private key generated by Putty on Windows and I have to put
> it in Connection/SSH/Auth/Private Key File for Authentication in order
> to be able to connect to my server.
> How do I achieve the same in Linux?
> Should I use some other software than "ssh"?
You need to sftp (using name/passwd one time) to upload your PUBLIC key into
the server's .ssh (if it's Linux, it's ~/.ssh) directory.
>
> Thx,
> mat

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