Sun Microsystems V20Z Enabling SSH Access Using Public Keys, Enter your password when prompted

b. Authenticate yourself for the scp command by entering the password for your manager-level user.

c.Add the client key to the set of trusted hosts for this SP.

# ssh sp.test.com access add trust -c client.test.com -k \ /tmp/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub

d.Authenticate yourself for the ssh command.

From this point, any user with the same login on both sp.test.com and client.test.com has access without requiring a password to the like-named account on sp.test.com.

4.Create or modify the file /etc/ssh_config to ensure it contains the following entry:

Host * HostbasedAuthentication yes

Enabling SSH Access Using Public Keys

Follow these steps to install public keys to enable SSH access.

1.Set up your host keys. Refer to “Generating a Host Key Pair” on page 59.

2.Install your public key using the access add public key command.

3.Run the following command:

#ssh-keygen -t rsa -N

This command generates ~/.ssh/id_dsa and ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub.

4.Run the following command:

# scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub SP_IP:/tmp

Enter your password when prompted.

5.Run the following command:

# ssh SP_IP access add public key -k /tmp/id_rsa.pub

Enter your password when prompted.

6.Run the following command:

# ssh SP_IP rm -f /tmp/id_rsa.pub

From this point, you have access without requiring a password.

60 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers, Server Management Guide • May, 2004