topic Re: configuring ssh key in Operating System - HP-UX

configuring ssh key

Shivkumar — Mon, 01 May 2006 19:22:38 GMT

Hi,

Does anyone has step by step instructions on how to configure ssh keys etc ?

Thanks,
Shiv

Re: configuring ssh key

Mel Burslan — Mon, 01 May 2006 19:40:27 GMT

if you are the root user and want to create a public/private keypair for a non-root account, first you need to su into that username then create the keypair.

su - username

if [ -d .ssh ]
then
echo ".ssh dir exists"
else
mkdir ~/.ssh
fi

/opt/ssh/bin/ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t dsa -N "pass phrase of your choice" ... (see man page for all other options)

at this point, you should have two files under ~/.ssh, which are

id_dsa
id_dsa.pub

copy the id_dsa.pub to the remote node where you want to login to, into the username's home directory. Make sure the remote user have at least read rights on that file

go to the remote node and login as remote node's user name

cat ~/id_dsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

you should be good to go, provided you do not have wide open permissions fo your .ssh directory or private key file.

private key on the first host where you created the key pair and authorized_keys file on the remote host should be no more open than 640 permissions and the .ssh directory on either side should be open to no one but the owner, i.e., permissions 700 at best.

Hope this helps

Re: configuring ssh key

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 01 May 2006 19:42:45 GMT

Shalom Shiv,

http://www.hpuxconsulting.com/5004.ppt

SEP

Re: configuring ssh key

Rajeev Shukla — Mon, 01 May 2006 19:46:37 GMT

Hi Shiv,

Have a look at this FAQ http://docs.hp.com/en/6073/FAQ-SSH.pdf
And http://www.openssh.com/manual.html which gives you the details of all files in ssh

Re: configuring ssh key

Senthil Prabu.S_1 — Mon, 01 May 2006 23:52:33 GMT

Hi Shiva,
Check the attached file for detailed description about SSH key generation.

HTH,
Prabu.S

Re: configuring ssh key

Shivkumar — Tue, 02 May 2006 17:49:08 GMT

SEP,

Thanks for sending in an excellent presentation. I apologize as i gave you 7 point. It deserved 10 point full which i realized later.

Regards,
Shiv