Re: Key operations (General questions)

by woddrazen, Thursday, October 27, 2011, 17:13 (4774 days ago) @ scots

Hi,

If you don't want to use public key authentication you don't need to. Only if you server require such authentication. You can probably use password authentication with server.

Authentication is used to connect to server. When you are connected to server, it's same if you connect with password or with private key.

About public key authentication. First you generate private key and public key. This is key pair. Public key is key you can show to everyone. Private key is key you don't want to share with everyone. This is secret key.

You need to upload your public key to server. Then using your private key you can connect to that server.

Here is example how to connect to server with private key:
http://www.weonlydo.com/index.asp?kb=1&View=entry&EntryID=50

Why don't you give a try and let us know how it goes?

If you need any other help, please don't hesitate to ask. We are here to help you.

Regards,
Drazen