ssh-pubkeymgr(1)ssh-pubkeymgr(1)NAMEssh-pubkeymgr - Configures Secure Shell public key user authentication
SYNOPSISssh-pubkeymgr [-k keypair_name]
OPTIONS
Specifies the keypair name. The default private key is id_dsa_2048_a
and the default public key is id_dsa_2048_a.pub.
DESCRIPTION
The ssh-pubkeymgr command creates the user files necessary to configure
public key user authentication on a Secure Shell client. Initially, it
checks for public keys, and prompts the user for the following informa‐
tion: A secret passphrase for the key pair. The host entries to add to
the user's authorization file. A host entry identifies the name of a
public key for a remote host from which the user will access their user
account on the local host. Whether to copy the user's public key to a
user account on a remote host that they will access. Host names must be
entered with their fully qualified domain name. User's are prompted for
the password for the specified user account on the remote host because,
by default, password authentication is the only authentication avail‐
able at that time.
If ssh-pubkeymgr cannot find any public keys, the ssh-keygen2 command
runs. (Make sure you give the ssh-keygen2 command a passphrase; you
can run the ssh-agent2 command later to store your keys in memory.)
Following these steps, the ssh-pubkeymgr command will create the fol‐
lowing identification and authorization files: A directory called
$HOME/.ssh2 for the user on the client ($HOME is the name of the user's
home directory). All the files created by the ssh-pubkeymgr command are
located in this directory. The key pair as follows: The
$HOME/.ssh2/id_dsa_2048_a file contains the user's private key. Only
the user for which the key was created should have access this file.
The $HOME/.ssh2/id_dsa_2048_a.pub file and $HOME/.ssh2/username-host‐
name.pub contains the user's public key. The username-hostname.pub is
the file that will be copied to servers that use public key authentica‐
tion and to which the user will connect. A file called
$HOME/.ssh2/authorization that contains the names of public keys for
remote hosts from which the user access their user account on the local
host. A file called $HOME/.ssh2/identification that contains the fol‐
lowing entry that identifies the name of the user's private key file:
IdKey id_dsa_2048_a
After all the files are created, the ssh-pubkeymgr command provides an
interface that can upload your user public key to a remote host using
the scp2 command. Using the same interface, you can download host keys
from the desired hosts using the scp2 command.
See Security Administration for more information about Secure Shell
user authentication.
FILES
Contains the names of the host public keys that are allowed to authen‐
ticate to this account. Contains the names of the private keys that
are to be used in authentication. See ssh2(1)for more information.
Contains the default DSA private key for the user. Contains the
default DSA public key for the user. Contains the user's public key.
LEGAL NOTICES
SSH is a registered trademark of SSH Communication Security Ltd.
SEE ALSO
Commands: scp2(1), ssh2(1), ssh-agent2(1), ssh-keygen2(1), sshd2(8)
Guides: Security Administration
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