Questions tagged [ssh-keygen]
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ssh-keygen print certificate file in older versions
The version I am using seem to be old and doesn't have the -L option.
-L Prints the contents of one or more certificates.
Is there an alternative way to do it? The script I'm using basically use ...
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mounting sftp with ssh-keygen: Remote execution disabled; possible workarounds, other methods
I try to configure my system so that I can mount an sftp server without my password. I tried to do this with ssh-keygen and ssh-copy-id, but got an error.
$ ssh-keygen
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$ ssh-copy-id user@sftp....
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execute scp command as wwwrun
i would like to copy files using scp with ssh-keys after a php script is run in a browser. So the user executing the scp command is wwwrun.
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Add additional key pair for authentication
I need to have a new key pair for an additional host that will be allowed to login to the server ( but I can't share the existing pair due to security reasons).
Now, I created a new pair on the ...
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What does `ssh-keygen -r` do if a public key is not specified?
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I'm assuming that ssh-keygen -r hostname uses a default public key. I would have thought that it would default to ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub, but that does not appear to be the case. So what is ...
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SSH Password-protected Private Key Still Visible
I thought it was not be possible to view the content of a password-protected private key file without actually inputing a password.
Very surprisingly though, I can still see the content of my private ...
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SSH key not found on remote machine [closed]
I have the following setup: I have my laptop A, a computer B, and a remote machine C. C can only be accessed from B via ssh, B may be accessed via ssh from A or used directly. A is always used ...
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SSH login without password and without keys [duplicate]
Is it possible to configure a user to login via SSH without password and without using keys. Just typing "ssh user@server". I have tried some modifications with
Match User and with AllowUsers in /...
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show values of an ed22519 private key stored in OpenSSH format
(note this question uses both 'openssh' and 'openssl' in the text, I am not confusing the two.)
If I use openssh to general an RSA keypair (ssh-keygen) then I can use 'openssl rsa -in ...' to view ...
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How to ssh-add elliptic curve key?
I'm trying to use a newly generated elliptic curve key with git version control for GitLab.
I am using a Xubuntu 16.04.
My OpenSSH version is: OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.4, OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar ...
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Give default path for id_rsa in a shell script
I want to automate user creation along with the rsa key generation in a shell script. But while generating the rsa key we need to give inputs for these three things.
Enter file in which to save the ...
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How to copy public key to the server that doesn't allow password?
I configured my server to not allow password authentication. Now I have a new machine in a remote location, how is it possible for me to generate an ssh key and do an ssh-copy-id to the server if the ...
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SSH key creation in stand alone machine
is it possible to create ssh keys (ssh-keygen) in stand alone machine. and then copy private ssh and public ssh key to client ssh directory and server ssh directory to perform password less ...
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pros/cons between generating ssh keys on client vs server
if i'd like to have another user be able to ssh into my ec2 instance, is there any pros/cons between generating an ssh key for that user in the ec2 instance, and then copying the private key to that ...
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SSH key setup to login multiple hosts without password
I installed Putty on my local Windows machine A. I am connecting to remote linux server B from A. From B, I want to connect to multiple other remote machines C, D, E, F etc without entering password ...
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How can the, encrypted with AES, and BASE64 encoded, SSH private key, have size smaller than specified?
This might be obvious to some, but I wonder, if I generated 8192 key in size with:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 8192
How can the, encrypted with AES, and BASE64 encoded, SSH private key, have size smaller ...
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After setting up ssh-keys, how can I ssh into the server such that the key-pair will be ignored?
I have key-pairs to ssh and scp into a server without entering my password. There are numerous tutorials on this, e.g.
https://alvinalexander.com/linux-unix/how-use-scp-without-password-backups-copy
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Add key to authorized_users without needing to restart sshd
I am trying to add a public key to a server but I don't want to restart the sshd service for it to take effect. The reason is that restarting the ssh service seems to be disruptive for other users who ...
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I want to gather the host keys but ssh-keyscan command is not found on my linux. Anyway to achieve the same with some other commands
I want to gather the host keys but ssh-keyscan command is not found on my linux. Anyway to achieve the same with some other commands without adding this command explicitly.
I am running with Wind ...
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Why do portions of SSH public (and private) keys overlap?
Specifically, why are the first 25 characters of ssh Ed25519 public keys always the same?
For example, if I make 5 keys with ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519, the first 25 characters are always ...
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How to compare different SSH fingerprint (public key hash) formats?
When I log in to an SSH server/host I get asked whether the hash of its public key is correct, like this:
# ssh 1.2.3.4
The authenticity of host '[1.2.3.4]:22 ([[1.2.3.4]:22)' can't be established.
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OpenSSH private key screwed up: Load key: invalid format [closed]
When attempting to change my SSH private key passphrase, I get the following error message from ssh:
Load key "/home/me/.ssh/id_rsa.pub": invalid format
The password encryption still works and my ...
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Linux: How do I upgrade ssh-keygen?
I want to make use of the updated version of ssh-keygen because that includes a hashing feature for fingerprints like so:
ssh-keygen -E md5 -lf ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
But my current version doesn't ...
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Use X SSH key when logging in to Y remote user?
I'm looking for a way to set a specific SSH key while logging to a remote host with a particular username. Is this possible within the SSH config file?
For example:
Use key "id_rsa-test" for ...
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Setting SSH trust between 2 service accounts
I am trying to setup SSH trust (for passwordless authentication) between
user1@host1 TO user2@host2 so that user1@host1 can execute remote scripts as user2@host2.
Both accounts, user1 and user2 are ...
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SSH asking me for passphrase which doesn't have any passphrase
I have generated the keys in Ubuntu 14.04 system using the following commands to use with ssh.
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048
openssl rsa -in id_rsa -outform pem > pk_rsa.pem
openssl rsa -in pk_rsa....
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SSH key required for every connection
I installed an ssh key on my machine to connect to a server, why does it ask me to insert the password for that key even if I am trying to connect to a different server?
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Force ssh to ask for password and public key
I know this is a bit weird. I generated ssh keys on my server, but I still want to force clients to enter a passphrase to be able to SSH to the server,even if they have the key. Is that even possible? ...
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Does Gnome Keyring support new-format OpenSSH private keys?
Does gnome-keyring support SSH private keys that are saved in the newer OpenSSH file format? Will Gnome Keyring automatically import those private keys?
In more detail: When generating a SSH private ...
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Connecting from local computer to server - ssh [closed]
This is procedure that I use:
$ cd .ssh
bash: cd: .ssh: No such file or directory
$ ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa):
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Can you use multiple ssh keys in the same location?
One creates an ssh key by the command
ssh-keygen
and then copy/paste the virtual key into the virtual server's authorized keys file. Normally, the key's contents are output into ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
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Add SSH keygen to Ubuntu
On my remote server I generated the SSH keygen using ssh-keygen -t rsa and now, I'd like to add the SSH keygen to my Ubuntu computer.
It seem's not working using : ssh-copy-id -f user@remoteserver....
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How to understand ssh-keygen and ssh-copy-id?
As far as my understanding, machine(A) ssh-keygen generates a key, and ssh-copy-id gives this key to another machine (B), is it?
But when this is done, to test whether this is done or not is using ...
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Check presence of a hostname under custom port in known_hosts
I need to add a check if the hostname is already present in the known_hosts.
Normally I would do something like that:
ssh-keygen -H -F hostname
However, that does not seem to work for me in this ...
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How to generate SSHFP records with OpenWrt/Dropbear?
How to generate SSHFP records for a Dropbear instance at OpenWrt? I have dropbearconvert and openssh-keygen installed, but nothing works. Always invalid format or similar errors. There are two host ...
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Can I build a Docker container from Dockerfile in an interactive way with allocation of some pseudo TTY?
I build container from below Dockerfile:
FROM ubuntu:14.04
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RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim
#RUN ssh-keygen -f /root/.ssh/id_rsa -N strongpass123$%^
RUN ssh-keygen -f /root/....
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pem file difference - ssh-keygen vs openssl
I generated my public/private key pair using
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -v
and then needed a .pem file and followed this https://serverfault.com/questions/706336/how-to-get-a-pem-file-from-ssh-key-...
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Converting SSH2 RSA Private Key to .pem using openssl
When i try to convert SSH2 RSA format based private key to .pem format, using openssl i am getting the below error.
[jbadmin@xxxxxxx .ssh2]$ openssl req -x509 -key /home/jbadmin/.ssh2/id_rsa_2048_a -...
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How to know if I can use ssh keypairs?
After running successfully, my build script attempts to copy the final binary onto my FTP server using the scp command. Since the build takes a while, I don't want to be prompted for my password every ...
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ssh public key not getting copied over
I created a public/private key pair using the ssh-keygen -t rsa in my ~/.ssh folder.
I then copied the key over using the ssh-copy-id username@remoteserver.com command and received this notification.
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Why wont my ssh key work on a different port? [duplicate]
Edit: This answer, fixed my problem.
I have used ssh-copy-id to move my ssh key to my server. I have changed it so that my server is listening for ssh connections on port 50505 instead of the ...
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Need Info on linux command ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “your_email@example.com”
I have to access personal git repository at the university . I have been asked to Generate SSH key.
I am using this command to generate an SSH key:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example....
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How to generate SSH1 key using ssh-keygen for SSH2
I have 2 machines running on Linux. One has ssh2 configured SOURCE and another has ssh1 configured DESTINATION. How do I generate a key pair in SOURCE whose public key can be understood by DESTINATION?...
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How to change password of an ssh identity file
Can I, and in that case how can I, change the password of an SSH identity file without having to generate a new key and setting up it all over again?
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Very slow SSH connection unrelated to GSSAPIAuthentication option
I am having trouble connecting to remote machine through SSH machine (I cannot change SSH configuration on that machine though I can login without any delay from other machines).
I have commented out ...
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SSH error: WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!
I ran rsync (cygwin) and got this error. I think they changed the Red Hat Linux OS from version 5 to version 6, last night. Would that be the cause of this error message? What do I need to do to fix ...
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Fedora, where to put my ssh keys to login? [duplicate]
I just recently started a VPS using Fedora. Upon creation of the VPS I was asked if I wanted to use SSH keys (which I did). Now, to connect as root to the VPS, I do not need to enter a password.
Now ...
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SFTP Chroot and SSH
I have a chrooted SFTP user group to access my home server. The chroot location is /mnt/, mostly because it is already owned by root and is where I have mounted the external HDD I want to the chrooted ...
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How to merge keys, or handle keys with the same file name?
I created a key for logging into a server (using ssh-keygen) with the name id_rsa, and so in my .ssh directory there is id_rsa.pub and id_rsa.
The reason I used this name, is because when I tried ...
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How to decrypt hostnames of a crypted .ssh/known_hosts with a list of the hostnames?
I try to find a script to decrypt (unhash) the ssh hostnames in the known_hosts file by passing a list of the hostnamses.
So, to do exactly the reverse of:
ssh-keygen -H -f known_hosts
Or also, to ...
