Basic SSH key utilisation

[harryhood]

I'm new to the whole Linux/SSH thing and am trying to work out
how use use keys with this app.
When I SSH=>VNC into my laptop, it is under my regular username on that laptop.
I guess my question is how do I get the key generated by Remoter into my Linux PC
without using itunes?

Thanks!

[raf]

In the SSH Key Manager, simply tap on the key, you can then either email it to yourself, or copy it into the PasteBoard (and then update the authorized_keys file directly in Remoter, if you want to)

Raf.

[raf]

In the SSH Key Manager, simply tap on the key, you can then either email it to yourself, or copy it into the PasteBoard (and then update the authorized_keys file directly in Remoter, if you want to)

Raf.

[harryhood]

Hi Raf,
I have set in the ssh config in Remoter, "SSH Key Auth:" to the key created by Remoter.
I log into my PC and run "sudo ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/ssh0001.pub user@server.
I get an error: No Identities found.
How can I tell if SSH keys are being used?
Do I need to uncomment the "PasswordAuthentication no" line?

Here is sshd_config:

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# Package generated configuration file # See the sshd_config(5) manpage for details
# What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
Port 22
# Use these options to restrict which interfaces/protocols sshd will bind to
#ListenAddress ::
#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
Protocol 2
# HostKeys for protocol version 2
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
#Privilege Separation is turned on for security
UsePrivilegeSeparation yes

# Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key
KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
ServerKeyBits 768

# Logging
SyslogFacility AUTH
LogLevel VERBOSE

# Authentication:
LoginGraceTime 120
PermitRootLogin no
StrictModes yes

RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
#AuthorizedKeysFile   %h/.ssh/authorized_keys

# Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files
IgnoreRhosts yes
# For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh_known_hosts
RhostsRSAAuthentication no
# similar for protocol version 2
HostbasedAuthentication no
# Uncomment if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for RhostsRSAAuthentication
#IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes

# To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED)
PermitEmptyPasswords no

# Change to yes to enable challenge-response passwords (beware issues with
# some PAM modules and threads)
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

# Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords
# PasswordAuthentication no

# Kerberos options
#KerberosAuthentication no
#KerberosGetAFSToken no
#KerberosOrLocalPasswd yes
#KerberosTicketCleanup yes

# GSSAPI options
#GSSAPIAuthentication no
#GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes

X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
PrintMotd no
PrintLastLog yes
TCPKeepAlive yes
#UseLogin no

#MaxStartups 10:30:60
#Banner /etc/issue.net

# Allow client to pass locale environment variables
AcceptEnv LANG LC_*

Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server

# Set this to 'yes' to enable PAM authentication, account processing,
# and session processing. If this is enabled, PAM authentication will
# be allowed through the ChallengeResponseAuthentication and
# PasswordAuthentication.  Depending on your PAM configuration,
# PAM authentication via ChallengeResponseAuthentication may bypass
# the setting of "PermitRootLogin without-password".
# If you just want the PAM account and session checks to run without
# PAM authentication, then enable this but set PasswordAuthentication
# and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to 'no'.
UsePAM yes

I think I got it!!!
Emailed the RSA key from the app and then pasted it into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.
Auth.log now shows it accepting the key.

Are you thinking about adding RDP to the next release raf?

Thanks,

Brian

[raf]

Great!, thanks for letting me know you got it working!

Yes, I'm working on RDP support right now, and it will be the main update for version 2.6.

Thanks Brian!,

Raf.