On Mon, 16 May 2005 10:36:28 +0530 Ankush Grover <ankush174@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > b) I am using putty on windows for the first time when I connect the > putty to the Linux Server it asks for acceptance of the key.I know > this key is common and dummy as this key is with every fedora core 3 > cd.How can I generate my own key so that I know that I am connecting > to the correct server.\ Just type 'yes' and it will not ask you again. > c) How to do X11 forwarding in putty( on windows) to my remote Linux servers. I don't understand this. Do you mean you want to run X apps on your Windows machine? If so, you need an X server like Exceed. > d) I want to put the public keys of users generated on the Linux > clients on the servers so that the users don't have to use the > passwords for authencation with the servers. $ ssh-keygen -t rsa Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/me/.ssh/id_rsa): <enter> Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): <enter> Enter same passphrase again: <enter> Your identification has been saved in /home/me/.ssh/id_rsa. Your public key has been saved in /home/me/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. The key fingerprint is: cd:b0:08:2f:82:75:f4:da:26:a6:db:03:41:fc:0b:04 me@xxxxxxxxxxxx $ scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub example.com:~/ me@xxxxxxxxxxx's password: <password> id_rsa.pub 100% 231 0.2KB/s 00:00 $ ssh example.com me@xxxxxxxxxxx's password: Last login: Mon May 16 02:27:09 2005 from my.local.net example.com$ cat id_rsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys example.com$ exit logout Connection to example.com closed. Now we should no longer be asked for a password ... $ ssh example.com Last login: Mon May 16 02:28:19 2005 from my.local.net example.com$ Look ma, no hands! Now, normally users should enter a passphrase for their keystore. But then you need ssh-agent but that's a different story (which incedentally I haven't been able to get working on FC3). Mike
