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AuthenticatingByPublicKeyInOpenSSH

To setup public-key authentication between an OpenSSH client and OpenSSH server.

  • Generate key on client_machine
  client_machine$mkdir -p ~/.ssh
  client_machine$chmod 700 ~/.ssh
  client_machine$cd ~/.ssh
  client_machine$ssh-keygen -t dsa
  • Copy the public key to the remote machine.
  $scp -p id_dsa.pub user@remote_server:/home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys
  Password

         p   Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
             original file.
  • Login to the remote server and make the following changes.
  remote_server$chmod 700 ~/.ssh
  remote_server$chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
  remote_server$logout
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