SSH Keys Authentication2014/08/02

	Configure SSH server to login with Keys Authentication. Create a private key for client and a public key for server to do it.
[1]	Create key pair for each user, so login with a common user and work it like follows.

# create key pair

[cent@dlp ~]$

ssh-keygen -t rsa

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/cent/.ssh/id_rsa):

# Enter

Created directory '/home/cent/.ssh'.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

# set passphrase (set no passphrase to Enter with empty)

Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in /home/cent/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/cent/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
38:f1:b4:6d:d3:0e:59:c8:fa:1d:1d:48:86:f0:fe:74 cent@dlp.srv.world
The key's randomart image is:

[cent@dlp ~]$

mv ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

[cent@dlp ~]$

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

[2]	Transfer the secret key created on the Server to a Client, then it's possbile to login with keys authentication.

[cent@www ~]$

mkdir ~/.ssh

[cent@www ~]$

chmod 700 ~/.ssh

# copy the secret key to local ssh directory

[cent@www ~]$

scp cent@10.0.0.30:/home/cent/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/

cent@10.0.0.30's password:
id_rsa

[cent@www ~]$

ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa cent@10.0.0.30

Enter passphrase for key '/home/cent/.ssh/id_rsa':

# passphrase

Last login: Wed Jul 30 21:37:19 2014 from www.srv.world
[cent@dlp ~]$

# just logined

[3]	If you set "PasswordAuthentication" no, it's more secure.

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

# line 66: turn to "no"

PasswordAuthentication

[root@dlp ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart

SSH Keys Auth from Windows Client

	It's the example to login to SSH server from Windows Client. It uses Putty on here. Transfer a secret key to Windows Client first.
[4]	Download "Puttygen.exe" from Putty Site and save it under the Putty directory. Next execute it and click "Load" button.

[5]	Specify the secret key which you downloaded, then passphrase is required like follows, answer it.

[6]	Click "Save private key" button to save it under a folder you like with any file name you like.

[7]	Start Putty and open [Connection]-[SSH]-[Auth] on the left menu, then select the "private_key" which was just saved above.

[8]	Back to the [Session] on the left menu and connect to the SSH server.

[9]	The passphrase is required to input, then answer it. If it's correct passphrase, it's possible to login normally like follows.

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