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Now if you need an OpenSSH formatted key you can retrieve it from this file. Open up notepad, and paste the key file into the clipboard, and save this as "id_rsa.pub". It should be one very long line which starts with ssh-rsa. Use the mouse to highlight all the text in the box "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file", and copy it to the clipboard. Give a filename of "id_rsa.ppk" (please save files into the same directory as where the executables are) You can change it at any time you want in the future.Ĭlick "Save private key". For now pick something that you will easily remember. It can be pretty much anything you want and as long as you want - including spaces - but if you forget it, your key becomes worthless. The passphrase is used to keep your private key encrypted on disk.

Move the mouse randomly over the blank area until the progress bar reaches 100% Key comment: Ĭonfirm passphrase:

Make sure the type of key to generate is "SSH-2 RSA"Ĭlick on "Generate".

The home site is 2.1 Generate an ssh public/private key pairĪt the bottom of the dialog box, under "Parameters": (Or you can try the installer bundle putty.zip which gets them all)ĭuring the workshop only, you can download these from the local mirror at 2 For laptops running Windowsĭownload the following onto your desktop or into a downloads folder:

Commands preceded with "#" imply that you should be working as root.Ĭhoose the version of the exercises depending on what OS you are running on your laptop.

Commands preceded with "$" imply that you should execute the command as a general user - not as root.

In this exercise we'll show how you can eliminate passwords by using ssh key authentication.

3.2 Copy the PUBLIC key onto your Unix server.

3.1 Generate an ssh public/private key pair.

3 For laptops running Linux (or BSD or OSX).

2.2.2 Alternative way (if you're having problems with copy-paste).

2.2 Copy the PUBLIC key onto your Unix server.

2.1 Generate an ssh public/private key pair.