Shell Programming and Scripting

I wish to generate a id_dsa.pub and id_dsa (Public and Private Key) in a common user group. I have checked the .ssh directory and i have already found id_dsa.pub and id_dsa existing.

Is that OK if i create both the keys in my home direcotry, rename it to jjj.pub and jjj and move to Common user directory. If we rename the public and private keys, will it work.

Please reply.

If you want to generate for diffrent user so key pair is in already user home dir..

Code:

# su -l testuser -c ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/testuser/.ssh/id_rsa):

If you want to another generate keys you may give the different names simply.

But if you change name of pub/pri key
you must give ssh comma like this

Code:

ssh -i /root/.ssh/id1_new_rsa testuser@localhost

Regards
ygemici