Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 15:53:49 -0500 From: "Brent" <mrb@bmyster.com> To: showe@metrocastcablevision.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help configuring ssh pub keys instead of passwords Message-ID: <20050305204401.M40352@bmyster.com> In-Reply-To: <422A0A7A.3010005@metrocastcablevision.com> References: <20050305181134.M99248@bmyster.com> <422A0A7A.3010005@metrocastcablevision.com>
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got it going ...here is what i did on the server i ran ssh-keygen -d it created 2 files in my ~user/.ssh id_dsa id_dsa.pub i then did mv id_dsa.pub authorized_keys i then scp the priv key to my winblows workstation and used puttygen to convert it to something that putty can use i chose "Load" not "Generate" and browsed to the id_dsa file , then i selected "Save private key" it asked me for the passphrase that i entered when i originally ran ssh-keygen and puttygen created a what_ever.ppk file Then i used putty and went to SSH - Auth and browsed for the newly created .ppk file and opened the connection and weeeeeee.. were in thanks to all who replied B On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:37:30 -0500, Steven Howe wrote > this just in..... > > On > the Windows box, you need to run puttygen.exe > append the pub key to > > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (on the server) > > and then load the private key (*.ppk file you generated) into putty > and slide into home plate > > the key here (no pun intended) is to generate the pair oin the > client, and upload the .pub onto the server, > > -pieces > -steven > > Brent wrote: > > >On my freebsd 4.10 im trying to setup ssh2 to use dsa keys for authentication > >instead of passwords .. > > > >so far i have done > > > >edit /etc/sshd_config > > > >Port 22 > >Protocol 2 > >PermitRootLogin no > >MaxStartups 5:50:10 > >X11Forwarding no > >PrintLastLog yes > >SyslogFacility auth > >LogLevel VERBOSE > >PasswordAuthentication no > >PermitEmptyPasswords no > >Banner /etc/issue > >AllowGroups sshusers <-- this exsists > > > ># create some group that you can put OpenSSH users into > > Next, we'll open and edit /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > > >[user@server /dir]#vi /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > > >ForwardAgent no > >ForwardX11 no > >PasswordAuthentication no > >CheckHostIP yes > >Port 22 > >Protocol 2 > > > >then i su to unpriv user and ran ssh-keygen -d > > > >then i did > >cat id_dsa.pub > authorized_keys2 > > > >then copy the id_dsa.pub to a floppy so that i could transfer the dsa key to > >the machine from which id be accessing the unix box. > > > >i then tried to use the key from a winblows putty ssh client and i get the > >folowing error when trying to login to the unix box > > > >Unable to use key file "C:\id_dsa" (OpenSSH SSH2 private key) > > > >Any help is very appreciated > > > >Thank you Brent > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > -- > Steven Howe > Network Operations > MetroCast Cablevision > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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