ssh setup rsa password

[werecatomega]

hey everyone,
i need to connect my ubuntu box (remote computer) to my mac box (don't ask questions) via ssh. i can connect but i need to know how to put the key in (rsa). i've read part of the https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH but i'm confused on what i need to do. can somebody help?

[MontelEdwards]

Wait, what?

Are you trying to generate a SSH key? Who is the host OS, Mac or Ubuntu?

[werecatomega]

by host computer i guess you mean the one i'm connecting too, so the Mac is the host

[Iowan]

What part of the key process is causing confusion - the generation or copying the public key to the server?
Oh, wait - that's a question - sorry...

[richs-lxh]

Does this help?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SS...20SSH%20Logins

Saving Keys on Remote Computers

If you can log in to a computer over SSH using a password, you can transfer your RSA key by doing the following from your own computer:

ssh-copy-id <username>@<host>Where <username> and <host> should be replaced by your username and the name of the computer you're transferring your key to.
You can make sure this worked by doing:

ssh <username>@<host>You should be prompted for the passphrase for your key:
Enter passphrase for key '/home/<user>/.ssh/id_rsa':

Enter your passphrase, and provided host is configured to allow key-based logins, you should then be logged in as usual.

You said you can connect, but you didn't say if you could login.

[werecatomega]

What part of the key process is causing confusion - the generation or copying the public key to the server?
Oh, wait - that's a question - sorry...

i meant questions about why i have a mac box. i'm confused about if i generate the key on the computer i connect to and then add it to the i connect from or vice versa

[psusi]

You can generate it anywhere you like. You just need to make sure that the public key is installed on the server you want to connect to, and the private key is installed on the computer you want to connect from.

[MontelEdwards]

Okay, so what I think you're trying to do is set up your Mac box to authenticate users that try to access it via SSH by a SSH key, right?


http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mac+ssh+key+

That should help you.

[werecatomega]

ok, i've got the keys generated on my ubuntu box in my .ssh folder. do i move the id_rsa or the id_rsa.pub to the server (i.e. mac box)?

[werecatomega]

never mind, i've got it working

thanks everyone