ssh-2 ftp question

[Rakesh Kapoor]

I am running ssh2 under HP-UX 11.00 and would be transferring some files to mainframe [mvs]. To accomplish this, I need to generate authentication certificates file that would be loaded to the mainframe trusted ftp software tables.
Is there a procedure to create these certificates [ also called private keys ] under unix? How ?
Thanks.

[Denver Osborn]

yes, you would use ssh-keygen to generate the public/private keypair from the unix box.

man ssh-keygen

Is this for ssh (sftp) or ftps (ftp-over-ssl)?

Im confused with "would be loaded to the mainframe trusted ftp software tables"... but then again, it doesn't take much to confuse me. :)

If ssh-keygen doesn't help, post details on what you need to accomplish.

-denver

[Steven E. Protter]

ssh-keygen -t dsa

Enter through all prompts and transfer the private key to the mvs system.

SEP

[HGN]

Hi

The steps I did to setup is

#/usr/bin/ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024
#cat id_dsa.pub >authorized_keys

ftp this file over the server you have connect.

Regards
HGN