No Password Login
Using public-key authentication to an HP-UX host
NOTE: Protect the private key. Anyone with this key can access the host without providing a password.
- Create a public/privatekey pair.
<See Configuring Public-Key Authentication at HP.>From the users account on the HPUX system, type:ssh-keygen -t dsa Generating public/private dsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (~/.ssh/id_dsa): ... Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in ... Your public key has been saved in ... The key fingerprint is: 84:7d:f5:dd:88:f7:53:88:8a:6e:f7:85:04:28:6e:ed root@hostname
This command will create the files id_dsa and id_dsa.pub. The file id_dsa contains the private key, please protect this file.
- Add the public key to the “~/.ssh/authorized_keys” file.The is the directory used by ssh-keygen. If the file does not exist, create it. Copy the contents of id_dsa.pub to authorized_keys. Set .ssh and authorized_keys to be not world or group readable (chmod 600).
- Configure sshd_conf for public-key authentication.PubkeyAuthentication yes
- Restart sshd on the server.
- Move the private key to the users window directory as id_dsa.The directory name varies by version of Windows. Check the “About Secure92” dialog box for the currently configured directory.