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--- tech_notes:ssh [2023-03-06 Mon wk10 13:57] – baumkp
+++ tech_notes:ssh [2024-03-09 Sat wk10 10:45] (current) – [ssh-keygen] baumkp
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 {{tag>linux ssh ssh-keygen}}
-======ssh======
+======ssh with key files======
+The advantages of using SSH key-based include:
+  *Improved security
+  *Easier access to ssh (if password keys are not used)
+Clearly use of unique password encrypted keys gives best security.  However if a user has access to you terminal and user password they effectively have full system access anyway.
+<fc #ff0000>The use of ''sudo'' should not be necessary as the keys created should be user based.</fc>
+=====ssh-keygen======
+The  ''ssh-keygen'' command is used to create ssh key pairs
+//Use ''man ssh-keygen'' to see options and description of command.//
+====ssh-keygen default====
+  * ''ssh-keygen''  creates a SSH key pair.  The defaults are:
+    * home directory ''/homeuser/.ssh''
+    * public key ''/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa''
+    * private key ''/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub''
+====ssh-keygen with filename====
+  * ''ssh-keygen -f .ssh/key-with-password''  creates a SSH key with non-default name and location.  The defaults are:
+    * public key ''/home/user/.ssh/key-with-password''
+    * private key ''/home/user/.ssh/key-with-password.pub''
+====Warning====
+<fc #ff0000>//During further SSH key pair generation, if you do not specify a unique file name, you are prompted for permission to overwrite the existing id_rsa and id_rsa.pub files. If you overwrite the existing id_rsa and id_rsa.pub files, you must then replace the old public key with the new one on ALL of the SSH servers that have your old public key.
+//</fc>
+Once you have generated the keys, they are stored in the /user/home/.ssh/ directory with the following permissions:
+    *Private key - 600
+    *Public key - 644
+=====sharing keys=====
+Some examples:
+  *''ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/key-with-pass.pub user@destination''  generic example
+  *''ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id-rsa.pub john.doe@192.168.0.1'' Will copy the default created id_rsa.pub key to IP 192.168.0.1 for user john.doe
+The remote ssh will ask for remote shell password.
+//Use ''man ssh--copy-id'' to see options and description of command.//
+=====references=====
 [[https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/configure-ssh-keygen|Using ssh-keygen and sharing for key-based authentication in Linux]]
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