SSH Public Key login
This topic has been covered on many sites, but I want to document it for myself so I can find it back easily
We use the ssh-keygen utility to generate a RSA key pair. The private key is saved in ~/.ssh/id_rsa with no passphrase and the public key is saved in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub/
server1:~/ssh # ssh-keygen -t rsa
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
50:fe:4f:cb:5a:8f:44:53:7c:9c:7f:e1:c9:99:db:bd root@server1
Now you have to copy the content of the id_rsa.pub to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the user on the host you want to connect to.
Now you can login without a password.
Michael Wilmsen is a experienced VMware Architect with more than 20 years in the IT industry. Main focus is VMware vSphere, Horizon View and Hyper Converged with a deep interest into performance and architecture.
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Uncategorized | Michael July 1, 2009
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