Notes on Performing a SSH Public Key Swap # SSH to the remote server and accept the certificate ## Example: {code}ssh Brandon@myserver{code} # Verify creation of the .ssh directory in your user home directory ## Linux Example: ~/.ssh ## Windows Example: C:\Documents and Settings\myuserid\.ssh # Use ssh-keygen to create a key pair on your client machine ## {code}ssh-keygen -t dsa -f $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa -P ''{code} # Copy $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub to the server ## {code}$ scp id_dsa.pub Brandon@myserver:/home/Brandon/.ssh/id_dsa.pub{code} # On the server run the following commands ## {code}$ cd $HOME/.ssh{code} ## {code}$ cat id_dsa.pub >> $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys{code} ## {code}$ chmod 0600 $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys{code} # On the client, test the results by connecting to the server via SSH ## {code}$ ssh myserver{code} Reference: http://gerodt.homeip.net/blog/gero/2005/10/30/1130698130518.html 2007-04-11 00:52:44.0 2007-02-15 00:39:27.0