Questions tagged [ssh-keys]
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Setting up password less login on remote server
I am trying to set up password less login to my remote server that I use for work. Currently I have to type in my password every time to login, and then again to switch to the appuser using sudo su - ...
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Setup Password Less login direct to appuser
My current work setup for our servers requires me to ssh user@server1 and then enter in my password. I then have to sudo su - appuser after and enter in my password again to get to the files that I ...
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Use SSH keys on several machines
So I try this for my first machine lets name it M1
ssh-keygen -b 4096
leaving the file name as default, and then copy the public keys to the server (S1):
scp ~/.ssh/id_ras.pub hostamne@172.16.254.1:~...
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Failed to Load ECDSA P521 Host Key on Windows SSH Server
I am trying to generate an ecdsa p521 host key on my Windows 10 SSH Server as my client only supports ecdsa 521 key. Thus, I have used the following steps but I failed to load the p521 host key from ...
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Need to update new ssh public key on all target hosts using CyberArK
I can do this using Ansible.
However, I would like to know detailed steps; if cyber ark has a feature or function to update a new public ssh key on all target hosts(Linux) authorized_keys file?
Also ...
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Git pull doesn't ask for passphrase
I use ssh keys for authentication with various remote git repositories. I have project A hosted in Azure and project B on GitLab.
My ~/.ssh/config looks like so:
$ cat ~/.ssh/config
Host vs-ssh....
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Ssh keys on docker gitlab-ce
The announcement for GitLab 13.10 has a deprecation notice for using authorized_keys for ssh keys:
The first mechanism (integration via authorized keys ) is vulnerable to both race conditions and out-...
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How to get old SSH fingerprint format?
SSH has gone through several fingerprint formats and visualization methods. There are MD5 and SHA256 for formats. Hex, Base64 and ramdomart are different visualizations. For a short time, however, ...
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How can i switch to root from ad login to send ssh keys to /root/.ssh/authorized-keys
I am trying to send ssh keys to multiple servers from jump server using shell script. I can only login from my ad account and then switch to root and cannot login directly as root. Having this ...
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ssh - prompting for password even for non encryption key
I wanted to do the ssh from my local machine to a remote server.
I tried with this: ssh user@server
I copied my private keys into .ssh/id_dsa into my user home directory, and see my private key is ...
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Dockerfile: clone repo with passwordless private key. Errors: “authentication agent” or “read_passphrase: can't open /dev/tty”
I try to clone a test project from GitLab using a Dockerfile and an SSH key pair: ssh-keygen -t rsa -P "". The private key is passwordless, the public key is published at the GitLab account.
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Bastion with private keys, jailed users and proxycommand
I want to setup a bastion for SSH and tunneling HTTP :
let the user use a private key stored on bastion without having read access to it
permit the use of proxyjump (or proxycommand) on the client
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Setting up a pem based login for Mac to ubuntu
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I work normally on a mac and I regularly need to SSH into a particular ubuntu machine.
I normally use something like
ssh -p 22 -Y feargal@<ubuntu_servername>
This opens a new terminal window ...
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Unable to generate Ed25519 Key
FYI..this is the first time I'm generating/upgrading any key. It may happen that my question sounds silly , so sorry for that.
I'm referring https://medium.com/risan/upgrade-your-ssh-key-to-ed25519-...
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Permission denied (publickey) with error message: receive packet: type 51
I can log into all Ubuntu instances with gcp using the same SSH keys, except for one instance, with the Admin creating a user for me, adding me to the sudo and admin groups, adding my pub key there as ...
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SSH Connection with keys (no password) follows a One-way traffic?
I have a general question about SSH connections. Have already checked some related posts and documents about the matter but could not find a straight answer.
SSH Connection using keys presumes the ...
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Why does chmod not work on bash emulation on windows?
I have just installed Git 2.30.1 for windows and generated ssh keys with ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "me@email.com".
My private key has the permission 644 and I can't change it with chmod. When ...
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Cannot ssh one of the gcp compute engines
I have created ssh key using
ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/[KEY_FILENAME]
following https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/adding-removing-ssh-keys#createsshkeys
I have added the public key ~/....
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Using cloud-init to reload authorized_keys on every reboot, without changing host keys
I'm using proxmox and cloud-init to configure virtual machines based on debian, and setting the authorized SSH public keys that can be used to connect to the virtual machines using SSH.
I'd like to be ...
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ssh keys works for root works on two clients to same server, but not for another user
My question is simple. I have 2 clients (A and B). Both clients are OSX (mac). I configured ssh keys to connect passwordless to the same server (Debian Server). User root (the user which I use for ...
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SSH private key to access remote GUI
I am new to SSH and i want to log into a remote server using private key i generated using puttygen. I have already sent my public key to the server admin. I was instructed to execute following ...
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How to ssh to EC2 *without* having to specify the .pem file?
There must be some easier way than the documented ssh -i my.pem user@ip-addr, by putting the pem file in ~/.ssh and ssh knowing to use my.pem based on user@ip-addr, but I can't figure out how.
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What is this entry in my ssh known_hosts file?
I was taking a look at my ssh known_hosts file, and it only included 2 entries. The first line was the GitHub keys, so nothing weird there. However, the second line had a bunch of Chinese text, which ...
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Permission denied (publickey) after reinstalling system
My ssh key isn't working as I get the message USER@SERVER: Permission denied (publickey). This is pretty strange as it worked before I reinstalled my system and still works on other systems. The ssh ...
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OpenWrt using SSH with key-based authentication
On OpenWrt, I deactivated password on Dropbear to use SSH key (RSA)
but now on Debian, with the terminal, I can't login as usual, is there a kind of setup to allow the connection?
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Error connecting to agent: no such file or directory - adding key to ssh agent
I am trying to add key that I have generated to the ssh agent. Below are my steps
C:\repo>ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (C:\Users\mante1/....
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Prevent SSH key to be automatically added to agent
Is there a way to prevent a certain SSH key to be automatically added to an SSH agent while all others are automatically added?
For example, assume all my keys are protected by a passphrase. I would ...
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Multiple hardware devices with SSH and GPG agent
The SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable allows you to specify the socket path that can be used to talk to your hardware device like your Yubikey, secure enclave or other smart card.
My dilemma is that ...
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How do host machine know about the private key in the machine which is doing ssh in it [ssh-copy-ip method ]
with this method ssh -i private key ubuntu_A@1.2.3.4
i am telling that here is my private key and ubuntu_A matches my private key with the public key in Authorized_keys .
i am confused with ssh-...
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ssh failing on a user with a password that contains special char on the first symbol
When trying to do: ssh -oBatchMode=yes -4 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
ssh fails when the password of the remote linux user starts with a special char(for example !...
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Locking and Unlocking SSH Keys after an amount of time
I am trying to have a SSH generated key, where you need to unlock it with a password and then you can login on the server the whole day without password.
But when the day is over, the key should get ...
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SSH Key works fine but won't work if I change client
I am testing a Red Hat 8 Google VM. I've created my keys and everything works fine.
I am using the following command in order to connect (Mobaxterm)
ssh -i PathToMy/key.pkk myusername@111.111.111.111
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ssh-keygen, is it possible same public key generated? (ssh public key duplicate)
Is it possible same public key generated?
In the following example, the two keys(test1.pub, test2.pub) created are different public key.
$ ssh-keygen -C IsItPossible
Generating public/private rsa key ...
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Unable to login to Google Compute Engine using winscp after downgrading
I was running one Compute Instance on GC and used winscp to login fine for 1.5 years. Earlier, I added SSH keys under metadata and all I had to do whenever I restarted the instance is to change the ...
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SSL Client authentication Certificate and Key , Why?
I'm studying the SSL Client authentication in a server to send specific rest API. I'm using cURL to send the request and I'm following the instruction from a company. I can send the request and ...
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The ssh-keygen command not making a key on Windows
I am trying to create a new ssh key but when running ssh-keygen -rsa -b 4096 it does not generate the key. It looks like the following:
> ssh-keygen -rsa -b 4096
no keys found.
My .ssh folder ...
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SSH-Key looking for a simple solution
I'm trying to copy my ssh-keys into my docker, it's a very simple docker including some LinuxTools via Package Manager. A asking because, I can't come up with a simple solution ADD/COPY seem not to ...
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Why are there different id_rsa key lengths between a new Mac, an old Mac and an old Windows machine
When I execute ssh-keygen -t rsa on my Windows and an old Mac I get a 38 line id_rsa file.
When I execute the same command on a new Mac I get a 27 line file.
Just wondering why I get different results?...
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How do I use KeePassXC as an SSH agent?
There's an SSH Agent tab in KeePassXC's options. How do I use it to manage my SSH keys across multiple Windows and Linux machines?
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Current directory in SSH config
I have a project which has all the id_rsa files and an SSH config in it, which has entries something like this:
Host projectname-server-1
User root
Hostname 26.139.18.47
IdentityFile ./...
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Why ssh-keygen and ssh fingerprint is different? [duplicate]
xiaojie@ubuntu:~/.ssh$ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAACAQDiRDV1OlNoxzLaJI0Z2kWtrfD4FINaU3uwuH5e0VmkbkkG/tbD61R5pFHw2z3ZlPPYNP0NbWIzWUIA4gpCkMUgSg/lFsO6Ti3ppKBOEHy/uoEWvDgIbHu/...
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shell request failed on channel 0
im using ssh to connect my university server
ssh <myusername>@<server_Address>
after I enter my password I get this Error:
-bash: fork: retry: No child processes
and the second time I ...
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How to add public key to existing Azure Linux Virtual Machine
I want to grant a new user access to our Azure Linux Virtual Machine, he has created his SSH keys, i want to add his Public key to the Virtual Machine so as to grant him access.
How do I add his ...
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SSH Key Not Auto Logging In
I'm trying to add my ssh key to a server so I don't have to enter the password when I ssh.
I ran
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub YOUR_USER_NAME@IP_ADDRESS_OF_THE_SERVER from this tutorial and I can ...
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ssh-keygen creates private key with incorrect permissions
When using ssh-keygen without any arguments to generate my ssh keys, it generates both the public and private keys with 644 permissions, making the private key too open to be used. I am running Ubuntu ...
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SSH - No response after “SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent” on MacOS
Could not find any recent solution to this problem. My connection on the client side just hangs after this: "SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent" on MacOS.
This is the output of the terminal:
OpenSSH_8....
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SSH can't find id_rsa and id_rsa.pub files on Windows 10 [duplicate]
id_rsa and id_rsa.pub are located in K:\Batch\mySSH, with script K:\Batch\mySSH\runme.cmd being called from Excel (via VBA), containing the following:
pushd %~dp0
set home=%CD:~0,2%\Batch\mySSH
%...
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why does ssh to localhost as another user on windows 10 still asks for password even after key-pair is set up?
I am using Windows 10 as Username: poh
I want to ssh into localhost as another User: ml
I have done the following steps in Powershell:
ssh-keygen -t rsa
ssh ml@localhost mkdir -p .ssh
cat .ssh/...
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What should I do to ssh with a key to a remote server from a Linux machine, when I can already ssh from a Windows machine using PuTTY?
From PuTTY, I can ssh log to a remote server since my public key has been "registered" to this server.
By now I can access this server through only this computer running PuTTY.
However I'd ...
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Github uses the wrong SSH key pair
I have two SSH key pairs in my ~/.ssh folder. One of them is for a VPS I have run for several years, and the other one is a new key pair for a company I have started. I have tried removing the old ...
