Hi,

I am literally 100% new to unix, but have quite a bit of experience working in Windows, I hope saying Windows here does not cause folks to ignore my need for help

In any case, I am trying to configure ssh/svn. My instructions say to do this, but I am at a loss on how to do it. I am logged on to the server and I see the unix command prompt, "user@servname:~$"

* have a .ssh directory whose permissions have been set as chmod 700 .ssh
* cd to the .ssh directory and create an authorized_keys file.
* Cut and paste the contents from the generated public key. The generated public key will look like:

---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
Comment: "rsa-key-2003434"
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAqTffMAzRckp6px9FXUCn0r WzXKcu36ap8666
r7VBCjUDh5g+dfdfdfddfdfdf/qVLbjzDPKSj2ANdS6U7xFYgUDoNE1nuVUbYhf
1D5kY+4S7Q4muG+bGN8/PZhipJgkbW9D9Rl9n4Y655zDlJzlgbtxT94s2RQwPWAS
sIlZJmk=
---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----

How in the world do I do this?

Thanks

-Westside

First, you are being asked to make a directory called .ssh if it doesn't already exist. In the console, you need to use the mkdir command:

Next, set the permissions on the folder:

Next, you are being asked to go into the .ssh directory (or folder) to create your authorized_keys file. In the console, do the following:

Now you are inside the .ssh directory. Next, you need to open a text editor. Usually there will either be Pico or Nano available to you. Try running either of these from the console:

You will now be in a text editor. You should be able to just cut and paste the key into the editor then use CTRL + O to write the file, then CTRL + X to exit.

To check you have done everything correctly, do this when inside the .ssh directory:

What you pasted in the file should scroll down the console.

Hope this helps. Come back if you have any problems. :)

Are you having trouble generating RSA keys?

You'll need to do that per user:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 1024
<press enter 3 times>

The key you want will be in .ssh/id_rsa.pub, from the client machine, you can simply do this:

ssh user@server 'cat - >> .ssh/authorized_keys' < .ssh/id_rsa.pub

Of course this is assuming linux client, if you need help from a windows client just ask here.

Hope this helps.

Almost forgot, you'll probably need to add a command directive before each key...it should be in whatever directions you got. Make sure you edit each key accordingly (see clint1986's good instructions on editing to get a good start).