ssh using private key

[ITSD-ACCS]

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 !

[Arunvijai_4]

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

-Arun

[ITSD-ACCS]

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 !

[Orhan Biyiklioglu]

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

[ITSD-ACCS]

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

[Orhan Biyiklioglu · Accepted solution]

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.

[ITSD-ACCS]

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

[Orhan Biyiklioglu]

As mentioned in the previous post...