Networking :: Saving rsa key



Quote (bigjohn @ Sep. 26 2007,15:07)

Are you saying I should copy *key* from /etc/ssh to /home?
Or to /home/dsl?

Copy keys to your home directory, /home/dsl, which gets saved automatically. ($HOME can be substituted for /home/dsl when writing commands in xterm) I created a folder named /home/dsl/ssh_keys where I put them.  

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Then copy back on startup to /etc/ssh before starting ssh in bootlocal.sh?

yes, if that's where your keys are stored (I'm using ssh, which writes the keys to /etc/ssh.  So my entry in bootlocal.sh is
"cp /home/dsl/ssh_keys/*key*  /etc/ssh/"   *key* copies any filename with the word "key" in it.  You can then place "/etc/init.d/ssh start" in bootlocal.sh, and it will not recopy the keys.

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And, in plain English, what is the difference between ssh and sshd?

sshd is the daemon program for ssh. If you load ssh and type "top" in the terminal, you'll see the process running as "sshd" (What actually loads is /usr/sbin/sshd).
Quote (jpeters @ Sep. 27 2007,01:37)

Quote (bigjohn @ Sep. 26 2007,15:07)

Copy keys to your home directory, /home/dsl, which gets saved automatically. ($HOME can be substituted for /home/dsl when writing commands in xterm) I created a folder named /home/dsl/ssh_keys where I put them.  

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Then copy back on startup to /etc/ssh before starting ssh in bootlocal.sh?

yes, if that's where your keys are stored (I'm using ssh, which writes the keys to /etc/ssh.  So my entry in bootlocal.sh is
"cp /home/dsl/ssh_keys/*key*  /etc/ssh/"   *key* copies any filename with the word "key" in it.  You can then place "/etc/init.d/ssh start" in bootlocal.sh, and it will not recopy the keys.

this is exactly wht i did
i added also a "rm -fr" to remove authomatically generated key 'cause (dunno why) cp -f does not work

btw it's working fine
ty for help

original here.