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How do I enable SSH key authentication in Linux?
Procedure
- Use the ssh-keygen tool to create a key pair. …
- Validate that the keys were generated. …
- Enable key-based authentication in the /etc/ssh directory on the SSH server. …
- Copy the rsa. …
- If you have an existing authorized_keys file, edit it to remove any no-pty restrictions.
How do I generate an SSH key authentication?
Set up public key authentication using SSH on a Linux or macOS computer. To set up public key authentication using SSH on a Linux or macOS computer: Log into the computer you’ll use to access the remote host, and then use command-line SSH to generate a key pair using the RSA algorithm.
