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Old 05-26-2008
ssh with key login - i dont get it
in my webhosts CPanel i generated keys

it gives me this public key:
Code:
ssh-dss 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 user@server.com

and it gives me this private key:
Code:
-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,CBF516E19D1F3BEF
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-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----

i searched google all over but i cannot find out how to use these keys to connect via SSH from my home-linux machine to the remote server.

it would be very nice if somebody please helped me in this.

thanks a lot in advance!
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Old 05-26-2008
Hi,
One usage of generated keys is to connect to a remote server by just using the public key with no password transmitted over the network (public key authentication), follow the link setting up no-password ssh
 
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