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On a Unix system file permissions should automatically be set to protect your key files from other accounts. If you are on a Windows machine, make sure to store your private key on a protected location. Usually this would be your Windows desktop or home directory.
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Place Public Key
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on Server
Ubuntu Shortcut
If you happen to using a Linux client there is a shortcut to copying the public key to the getting everything up and running on the server,
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ssh-copy-id username@remotehost |
It accomplishes in one command,
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Copy Over Key
Since I happen to be using Mac OS X I do this manually,
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scp ... |
Setup .ssh Directory
Log into the server using your existing authentication method,
First check in your home folder that you have a .ssh directory and an authorized_keys. If you had used your account to access another server through ssh the files may have been created for you. Otherwise, perform the following steps,
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mkdir ~/.ssh
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
touch ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
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The key no pun intended part of this procedure is to have your public key added to the authorized_keys file,
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cat ~/id_dsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2
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Disable Password Authentication
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