Uhm... I think I didn't formulate my question very well...
So, what if I want to use my already OpenSSH generated RSA keypair?
What if I want to use just one single keypair to authenticate into
OpenSSH servers (which will have the pub key) from SSH.com and OpenSSH
clients (clients that must have the priv key) ?
Ok, I could have generated the keypair in SSH.com client, but I think
the priv key cannot be used by OpenSSH clients. And vice-versa. So...
?
Is it clear now? Or am I now confused? :-)
BTW, there's a good Windows SSH client, Bitvise Tunnelier that accepts
OpenSSH keys format. I'd stay with it, if I didn't like SSH.com
clients so much.
On 6/9/05, Nathan Jackson <c.cured@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Marcelo,
Yes, this is possible!
I would advise that you generate your keypair on the client machine so
that you don't have to copy your private key from one machine to
another.
After you have generated your keypair, copy the public key (in my case
id_rsa.pub) to the OpenSSH Server machine.
If it doesn't already exist, then create the directory .ssh in the
users home directory.
Run the following command on the server to convert the public key to
the OpenSSH format and place it in the authorized_keys file:
ssh-keygen -i -f id_rsa.pub >> $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
That should be all you need to do, if you still can't authenticate
then double check that your permissions are not set too loose on the
.ssh directory and contents (should be read / write for owner only).
HTH,
Nathan
On 6/7/05, Marcelo de Souza <marcelosz@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello guys.
Is there a way to authenticate from a SSH.com client with a RSA user
key into an OpenSSH server?
I've tried to convert the key, generated by OpenSSH ssh-keygen, using
this same tool, but had no success.
Any ideas? Is it even possible?
Thanks.
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Marcelo de Souza
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Marcelo de Souza
