[PLUG] SSH2 Public Key Authentication

[Longman, Bill]

See the -e and -y options of ssh-keygen.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Leckey [mailto:Patrick.Leckey at xist.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:27 PM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] SSH2 Public Key Authentication
> 
> 
>         Hey ho there pluggers.  I have a client running Win98 
> that has to have SSH access to one of our boxes in the office.
> I have this box set up on SSH2 and authorizing through public 
> keys.  The client uses SecureCRT as his SSH2 client, and his
> public key is output as such...
> 
> ---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
> Subject: <name>
> Comment: <comment>
> AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBAIzFfRP1V/uMsId/RdhghxBLeu42qoNxXMEt2URPT4GtnATK
> lTPAPupRoj/6GlHTHoUjzethznqcx+yEOIcq3YFgj657x7+b3ocJYiThtx3by71hfQWn
> X1hfn3QITGEqQsoa2K9Eikr+gPreP8kC7n+ZiCuARe+DxjTCMqyVvsZHAAAAFQDHhVC3
> jeW1TWYV/KnbPrJbBC1PPQAAAIAM+yHBxgg2z9ypV/elMlAgZ2m48iuYsMahx/tD/bHi
> UVlvLAhJ/4nCV/8z5ACdGfdCo+VEWehPHGJe960eiphdAMApEW8iXLEsY+05kfLEG9zd
> kTdIRKMBf+LxXfuGOTBuQyp3emf7v1TY+q2IyReGlSyvjLecD/kbZl4pfyZeNAAAAIB5
> ko5X3k0HMI26qDHWQUHPdfhRgchPlca3/pVi0Skb2dlRyl1EkovXs9dH0iAf6hcT3gHp
> NdULRJjhrKQpRMtW5yOt+aalGuh71o4kd3YSIFwQkXfEGl+7iw6BL11+Zto+BwVsXt2W
> f3jn+7iDnh3e1NXGbQuLjfnxbghYs4mpTQ==
> ---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
> 
> Which obviously is not of the same format as the 
> authrozed_keys2 file in the ~user/.ssh directory.  I have 
> tried changing it
> to the following format:
> 
> ssh-rsa <key goes here> <comment>
> 
> but it still says the public key is invalid... I don't wanna 
> waste too much time on setting up a windows client... any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Patrick Leckey	    [Patrick.Leckey at xist.com]
> XIST Inc.; Information, Services & Technology
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