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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


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