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the theory of SSH public and Private key and its application in realworld machines [closed]
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In this question, I have a very specific one about public and private keys. So Public keys should be put on the opposite side. For example, if we have a server, the public key of the server ...
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Linux server ssh connection wont authenticate my account using ssh key gen and prompts me for password
I am facing an issue in Ubuntu 22.04.2. where I am unable to SSH into a remote server using a copied public key. I have generated an SSH key pair on my local machine using a bash terminal, and I have ...
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Management of password disable server
This question is just for curiosity. I am studying a bit of server administration and have seen many people saying that having passwords is a bad idea and they should be disabled. But my question is: ...
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Deploy Public Key in Windows Server
I have a Windows server in AWS and I want to deploy a public key to connect sftp authentication by key file.
I use freeftpd to reach my sftp connection but the program do not support key ...
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How to make in SSH private key from one line, three lines [closed]
i have ssh-key, something like this
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- my_super_secret_password -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Of course this key does not work. When i am doing manual things, something, ...
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Lost connection with ssh server through web console ssh (GCP, Putty, gcloud terminal, Filezilla)
After a year using the VM instance in debian, we changed the ssh keys to connect to other computers, after having generated the pair of public and private keys with putty, and adding it to the ...
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How to avoid asking password when logging via SSH Key?
I have this scenario:
I login to dns1 with key and same with dns2. Suddenly for each of the keys I used it started to ask me server password, this was never happening in past, and I did no changes on ...
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Cannot ssh with shared keys on CentOS 7 server refused our key
I cannot ssh to a CentOS 7 server using pre-shared keys, I get a "server refused our key" message. Below is an ssh attempt using -vv
OpenSSH_7.2p2, OpenSSL 1.0.2h-fips 3 May 2016
debug1: Reading ...
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Receiving a private key from server admin: ok or not?
I am to get access to a remote SFTP server. The admin has created a user for me, and generated a public/private key pair for me. Then he securely sent me the private key file, which I use for ...
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Disabled root login for SSH in Centos 5.9, key login no longer working
I have a Centos 5.9 server which I have previously configured to access via SSH key login and this has been working fine for many months. I recently had to have an issue resolved remotely which ...
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Ssh-add and contacting server unsuccessfully
I forgot how to do this procedure.
I did on OSX 10.9.1
run ssh-keygen in my server
moved the private-key id_rsa to my laptop's $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa, removed the private key id_rsa from my server
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How can I add private key to windows credentials manager?
I have a linux macheen that uses a public key/private key login.
I am trying to add a private key (with password) to windows 7/8 credentials manager.
I use pageant right now but i would like for a ...
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Forgot the password for an encrypted SSH key that's in my (gnome) SSH agent. How do I extract unencrypted version? [closed]
OK, I have an encrypted ssh private key that provides access to a server. My Ubuntu GNOME desktop has an integrated graphical ssh agent (seahorse v3.2.2). That ssh key is in this ssh agent and it's ...
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Best current authentication cipher for SSH2? Are certain ones only allowed/not allowed? How to tell what cipher an existing key is?
I am a linux newbie. I plan on generally using OpenSSH
I have spent a number of hours & I can't seem too quickly find the answer
I have briefly read some on IETF, however I will be honest its WAY ...
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passwordless scp without keys
I am looking for some option that will allow me to accept files from any server using SCP command. I am aware of the process of creating password-less logins. But what I am looking for is an option on ...
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How do I import a RSA SSH key into GPG as the _primary_ private key?
I currently have a SSH key that I've used for a while and I'd like to start using GnuPG with a new keyring. However, given that I've used my key for ages, I would like to still use that key in GPG as ...