Manually Editing the Authorization File
After you have uploaded your public key to the remote host
computer, connect to the host using the SSH Secure Shell client's
terminal window. Your home directory should contain a .ssh2
subdirectory (note that the first character of the folder name is a full
stop).
First make sure that your current directory is your home directory. Type
the following command after the remote host computer command prompt and
press the Enter key:
cd
Then enter the .ssh2
subdirectory by issuing the following
command after the command prompt:
cd .ssh2
The .ssh2
directory should contain a text file called
authorization
. You have to edit that file and add your
public key file name on a separate line in that file. If the
authorization
file does not yet exist, you will create it
now.
Start your favorite text editor by typing
authorization
as a parameter after the name of the text editor.
For example, if your favorite text editor is Pico,
type the following after the remote host computer's command prompt:
pico authorization
When in the text editor, add a new line containing the word
key
, a space and the public key file name. For example, if the
public key file name is public_key.pub
, add the following line
to the authorization
file:
key public_key.pub
Now save the authorization
file and exit the text editor. When
you login the next time, public-key authentication should be
working. If it is not, check that you have typed the public key
file name correctly in the authorization
file, and that
the correct public key file is located in the .ssh2
directory
on the remote host computer.
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