X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/putty/blobdiff_plain/0906628e0ded30ff634dbdae331d310940928650..96d19bc96ba1e93fe09561f3ceefe427e7d30386:/doc/pubkey.but diff --git a/doc/pubkey.but b/doc/pubkey.but index 987a876f..4840aee6 100644 --- a/doc/pubkey.but +++ b/doc/pubkey.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.12 2001/12/12 18:45:56 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.14 2002/05/11 16:45:29 simon Exp $ \C{pubkey} Using public keys for SSH authentication @@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ supported by PuTTY are described in \k{puttygen-keytype}. \H{pubkey-puttygen} Using PuTTYgen, the PuTTY key generator +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{puttygen.general} + PuTTYgen is a key generator. It generates pairs of public and private keys to be used with PuTTY, PSCP, and Plink, as well as the PuTTY authentication agent, Pageant (see \k{pageant}). PuTTYgen generates @@ -337,13 +339,13 @@ accept your public key for authentication: \b If your server is using the SSH 1 protocol, you should change into the \c{.ssh} directory and open the file \c{authorized_keys} -with your favorite editor. (You may have to create this file if this -is the first key you have put in it). Then switch to the PuTTYgen -window, select all of the text in the \q{Public key for pasting into -authorized_keys file} box (see \k{puttygen-pastekey}), and copy it -to the clipboard (\c{Ctrl+C}). Then, switch back to the PuTTY window -and insert the data into the open file, making sure it ends up all -on one line. Save the file. +with your favourite editor. (You may have to create this file if +this is the first key you have put in it). Then switch to the +PuTTYgen window, select all of the text in the \q{Public key for +pasting into authorized_keys file} box (see \k{puttygen-pastekey}), +and copy it to the clipboard (\c{Ctrl+C}). Then, switch back to the +PuTTY window and insert the data into the open file, making sure it +ends up all on one line. Save the file. \b If your server is OpenSSH and is using the SSH 2 protocol, you should follow the same instructions, except that in earlier versions