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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Using a private key with SSH in terminal Post 302837719 by Little on Friday 26th of July 2013 02:38:14 PM
Old 07-26-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by kylebellamy
I have the key file sent to me from the server admin and it is in the .ssh folder but when I try to ssh to the server address, it tells me access is denied (public key).

Based on your info above, can I assume that having the file in the .ssh folder should be all I need to do on this end? There's no installation needed?
which key are you having ?? the public key or the private key?? if you have been give the public key, then you need to copy that public key (id_rsa.pub) thats in your .ssh directory to the remote server. to copy the key to the remote server use the command
Code:
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub username@remote

it will ask for the remote server;s password once and then it will copy the id_rsa.pub file content to the remote server's and also assign neccessary permissions. if the above command doesnt work, then you can manually copy the key using
Code:
ssh username@host 'cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys' < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

for more information read this
Password-less logins with OpenSSH

---------- Post updated at 12:08 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:05 AM ----------

hey i used it in unix/Linux system. i dont know how to do it in OS X.. sorry i just read you have specified OS X
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dropbearkey

dropbearkey(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    dropbearkey(8)

NAME

       dropbearkey - create private keys for the use with dropbear(8)

SYNOPSIS

       dropbearkey -t type -f file [-s bits] [-y]

DESCRIPTION

       dropbearkey generates a RSA or DSS format SSH private key, and saves it to a file for the use with the dropbear(8) SSH 2 server.  Note that
       some SSH implementations use the term "DSA" rather than "DSS", they mean the same thing.

OPTIONS

       -t type
	      Type of key to generate.	Must be one of rsa or dss.

       -f file
	      Write the secret key to the file file.

       -s bits
	      Set the key size to bits bits, should be multiple of 8 (optional).

       -y     Just print the publickey and fingerprint for the private key in file.

EXAMPLE

       generate a host-key:
	# dropbearkey -t rsa -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key

       extract a public key suitable for authorized_keys from private key:
	# dropbearkey -y -f id_rsa | grep "^ssh-rsa " >> authorized_keys

AUTHOR

       Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au).
       Gerrit Pape (pape@smarden.org) wrote this manual page.

SEE ALSO

       dropbear(8), dbclient(1)

       http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

																    dropbearkey(8)
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