Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:46:12 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Zhiui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh configuration question Message-ID: <20000914004612.U69158@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0009131707520.8136-100000@opal>; from zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu on Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 05:17:51PM -0400 References: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0009131707520.8136-100000@opal>
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On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 05:17:51PM -0400, Zhiui Zhang wrote: > > I am trying to setup RSA key log in for users with 4.1-release and > TeraTerm client: > > (1) Run ssh-keygen, copy $HOME/.ssh/identity.pub to > /etc/ssh/authorized_keys ITYM, $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys. System-wide authorized keys do not make a whole lot of sense. > (If I have setup up more users, I will add each > identity.pub file to authorized_keys instead of copying). > > (2) Ftp $HOME/.ssh/identity to Windows using binary mode. FTP? Your encrypted secret key is no longer all that secret. > (3) Startup Tera Term, choose "Use RSA key to log in" and use the file I > got in step (2) as the private key file. > > It says "authentication fails". What is wrong with these steps? BTW, how > to add the FreeBSD host as a known host - which file to copy over from > FreeBSD to Windows? Put that same identity.pub in your authorized_key file. I believe you can set the file to use in TeraTerm. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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