The easiest way to achive that is to copy the file to Server 2 and append it to the authorized_keys file: scp -p your_pub_key.pub cat id_dsa.pub > ~/.ssh/authorized_keysĪuthorisation via public key must be allowed for the ssh daemon, see man ssh_config. Recommended permissions are read/write for the user, and not This file is not highly sensitive, but the The format of this file is described in the This directory will be hidden in your Mac X User home path. Open Terminal and type the following commands. Now, we will generate our private and public SSH keys on our Mac. Lists the public keys (RSA/DSA) that can be used for logging inĪs this user. Go to System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Login. Again a quote from man ssh: ~/.ssh/authorized_keys Now you need to introduce your public key on Server 2. Multiple -i options (and multiple identities specified in config. If the keys are not there then definitely you need to create the key by ssh-keygen command. In your case, run this commands to find the ssh keys: cd /.ssh. Identity files may also be specified on a per- To find private/public key, run this commands: ls -a. Protocol version 1, and ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_dsa for pro. Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for RSA orĭSA authentication is read. Another possibility is to tell ssh via the -i parameter switch to use a special identity file. This means you can store your private key in your home directory in. Sensitive and can (but need not) be readable by anyone. Used to encrypt the sensitive part of this file using 3DES.Ĭontains the public key for authentication.
To specify a passphrase when generating the key which will be Private key file if it is accessible by others. Sensitive data and should be readable by the user but not acces. Please be careful with ssh because this affects the security of your server.Ĭontains the private key for authentication.
#Ssh on mac with private key manual
Also the openSSH manual should be really helpful: You should read the section 'Authentication'. This is completly described in the manpage of openssh, so I will quote a lot of it. The private key must be kept on Server 1 and the public key must be stored on Server 2.
You need your SSH public key and you will need your ssh private key.
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