Questions tagged [private-key]
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Understanding ssh automatic login and security problems
I have generated a pair of private/public ssh keys (on Linux) and they are now in my .ssh folder.
I have copied my ssh id (ssh-copy-id) to a remote machine to which I want to connect without typing my key all the time.
After copying my ssh id, I…
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Restrict su - user for a user having public-private key pair
We have a user named user_root in our Linux environment. For which we have created the key-pair in AWS. This is our root user and our administrators log in with this username and the ppk file. We don't want to share it with the other teams. When…
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Install SSH key in UNIX server
I'm trying to connect to a UNIX server from a Windows server, through PSFTP.
I am using this command in CMD: psftp.exe -i %userprofile%\.ssh\certificate.ppk username@unixserver
The problem is that server is refusing the private key I have stored in…
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the theory of SSH public and Private key and its application in realworld machines
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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 should be put in the user's machine And the user's…
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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: if the passwords are disabled and the admin…
