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| ====== Set up public key authentication ====== | ====== Set up public key authentication ====== | ||
| - | //This guide contains description of setting up public key authentication for use with WinSCP.//. | + | //This guide contains description of setting up public key authentication for use with WinSCP.// |
| Before starting you should: | Before starting you should: | ||
| * [[guide_install|Have WinSCP installed]]; | * [[guide_install|Have WinSCP installed]]; | ||
| - | * Have OpenSSH-based server (the most common); | ||
| * [[guide_connect|Know how to connect to the server without public key authentication]]. | * [[guide_connect|Know how to connect to the server without public key authentication]]. | ||
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| ==== Permissions ==== | ==== Permissions ==== | ||
| - | You may also need to ensure that your home directory, your ''.ssh'' directory, and any other files involved (such as ''authorized_keys'', ''authorized_keys2'' or ''authorization'') are not group-writable or world-writable. | + | You may also need to ensure that your account home directory, your ''.ssh'' directory, and any other files involved (such as ''authorized_keys'', ''authorized_keys2'' or ''authorization'') are not group-writable or world-writable. |
| Read more about [[task_properties|changing permissions]] | Read more about [[task_properties|changing permissions]] | ||
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| When configuring session, specify path to your private key on //[[ui_login_session#session_group|Session tab]]// of Login dialog. | When configuring session, specify path to your private key on //[[ui_login_session#session_group|Session tab]]// of Login dialog. | ||
| - | Alternatively, Load the private key into [[public_key|Pageant]]. | + | Alternatively, load the private key into [[public_key|Pageant]]. |
| ===== Further Reading ===== | ===== Further Reading ===== | ||