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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting sftp using private and public keys Post 302660949 by spacebar on Sunday 24th of June 2012 02:10:02 AM
Old 06-24-2012
The private key genertated for user(ssh1) should be in the file(~/.ssh/id_rsa) and the public key in file(~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub).
The public key is sent to the remote host and inserted into file(authorized_keys).

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http://shebang.brandonmintern.com/tips-for-remote-unix-work-ssh-screen-and-vnc
SSH Key based authentication setup from openSSH to SSH2 - saylinux.net
Chau Chee Yang Technical Blog: SSH: Public Key Authentication with OpenSSH
 

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SSH2_SFTP_MKDIR(3)							 1							SSH2_SFTP_MKDIR(3)

ssh2_sftp_mkdir - Create a directory

SYNOPSIS
bool ssh2_sftp_mkdir (resource $sftp, string $dirname, [int $mode = 0777], [bool $recursive = false]) DESCRIPTION
Creates a directory on the remote file server with permissions set to $mode. This function is similar to using mkdir(3) with the ssh2.sftp:// wrapper. PARAMETERS
o $sftp - An SSH2 SFTP resource opened by ssh2_sftp(3). o $dirname - Path of the new directory. o $mode - Permissions on the new directory. o $recursive - If $recursive is TRUE any parent directories required for $dirname will be automatically created as well. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Creating a directory on a remote server <?php $connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22); ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'password'); $sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection); ssh2_sftp_mkdir($sftp, '/home/username/newdir'); /* Or: mkdir("ssh2.sftp://$sftp/home/username/newdir"); */ ?> SEE ALSO
mkdir(3), ssh2_sftp_rmdir(3). PHP Documentation Group SSH2_SFTP_MKDIR(3)
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