-\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.17 2002/05/18 09:20:41 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.19 2002/11/01 21:50:35 jacob Exp $
\C{pubkey} Using public keys for SSH authentication
agent}, a separate program which holds decrypted private keys and
generates signatures on request. PuTTY's authentication agent is
called Pageant. When you begin a Windows session, you start Pageant
-and load your public key into it (typing your passphrase once). For
+and load your private key into it (typing your passphrase once). For
the rest of your session, you can start PuTTY any number of times
and Pageant will automatically generate signatures without you
having to do anything. When you close your Windows session, Pageant
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{puttygen.keytype}
-Before generating a public key using PuTTYgen, you need to select
+Before generating a key pair using PuTTYgen, you need to select
which type of key you need. PuTTYgen currently supports three types
of key:
Your server should now be configured to accept authentication using
your private key. Now you need to configure PuTTY to \e{attempt}
-authentication using your private key. You can do this in either of
-two ways:
+authentication using your private key. You can do this in any of
+three ways:
\b Select the private key in PuTTY's configuration. See
\k{config-ssh-privkey} for details.
+\b Specify the key file on the command line with the \c{-i} option.
+See \k{using-cmdline-identity} for details.
+
\b Load the private key into Pageant (see \k{pageant}). In this case
PuTTY will automatically try to use it for authentication if it can.