topic Re: ssh using private key in Operating System - HP-UX

ssh using private key

ITSD-ACCS — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:12:54 GMT

hi,

I was given a configure file eg user.cfg and this is what they call private key . May I know where should I put it and how to SSh to that host using this file ?

Thanks !

Re: ssh using private key

Arunvijai_4 — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:19:03 GMT

Paste the contents of user.cfg (make sure it contains private key) into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the remote host.

-Arun

Re: ssh using private key

ITSD-ACCS — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:31:01 GMT

The connection is made from my host (client) to a remote site via ssh. According to your information, do you mean create a file called "authorized_key" ? under /.ssh in my host ?

Thanks !

Re: ssh using private key

Orhan Biyiklioglu — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:00:15 GMT

authorized_keys file must be placed under the .ssh directory in the home folder of the remote user. You must connect to the remote host first and put the contents of the file user.cfg into that file on the remote host.

hth

Re: ssh using private key

ITSD-ACCS — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:30:42 GMT

I already copy the content user.cfg into authorized_keys, but didn't work.

Under .ssh I have :
>ls
authorized_keys
known_hosts
prng_seed

Then I type :
>sftp host124
Connecting to host123
ssh: connect to host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 22: Connection refused
Connection closed

Re: ssh using private key

Orhan Biyiklioglu — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:03:38 GMT

This doesn't seem like an authentication problem. You could not establish a connection. Check whether the secure shell service is running or not.

ps -ef | grep sshd

and start it

/sbin/init.d/secsh start

if it is not already running.

hth.

Re: ssh using private key

ITSD-ACCS — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:42:56 GMT

The problem is, the server side didn't start up their SSH services.

Re: ssh using private key

Orhan Biyiklioglu — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:03:11 GMT

As mentioned in the previous post...