Re: SSH, Putty and Mandrake 9.1

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 08/27/03

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    Richard E. Silverman <res@qoxp.net> writes:

    ]> mkdir .ssh
    ]> chmod 700 .ssh
    ]> cp id_rsa{,.pub} .ssh

    ]Two mistakes here: there is no need to copy the private key to the server,
    ]and it needs to be placed in authorized_keys in order to work.

    Who said anything about copying it to the server? This is to set it up on
    the machine itself (which he said he did not have) for your own key.
    Now, his post was sufficiently obscure that I am no longer sure what he wanted.

     

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