I'm trying to set up Putty to allow me to log in using pageant and
public/private keys. I've generated both the public & private keys and
have ftp'd the public key to the remote Linux server. I added the key
to pageant. When I go to log in I'm still asked for user name and
password. If pageant doesn't have the key I get a "server refused our
key" error message. I did add the private key to Putty under the Auth
section.

What else do I need to do?

Thanks.

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:26:47 -0800, Larry wrote:

> I'm trying to set up Putty to allow me to log in using pageant and
> public/private keys. I've generated both the public & private keys and
> have ftp'd the public key to the remote Linux server. I added the key to
> pageant. When I go to log in I'm still asked for user name and password.
> If pageant doesn't have the key I get a "server refused our key" error
> message. I did add the private key to Putty under the Auth section.
>
> What else do I need to do?
>
> Thanks.

I followed this tutorial to get mine going. Check it out.
http://sial.org/howto/openssh/publickey-auth/

Also, while meant for OpenBSD, it's all the same... look here. This one
focuses on using putty in particular
http://unixwiz.net/techtips/putty-openssh.html

FYI, I found these with a google search for "ssh public key
authentication" If you need more information, that search is a good place
to start.

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