How to use pub keys (not ssh password) in ssh command?

Assume I want to open an SSH connection from Linux to a remote computer.

How can I use local pub/priv key files as parameters for authentication in this command?
Remote computer supports ssh key files.

Again: I do not want to use user/password for this but generated key files.

Peter

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Peter Hanke <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb:
> Again: I do not want to use user/password for this but generated key files.
Google?
http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc....et/node31.html

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On 22 Oct 2009 09:52:02 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Peter Hanke) wrote:

>Assume I want to open an SSH connection from Linux to a remote computer.
>
>How can I use local pub/priv key files as parameters for authentication in this command?
>Remote computer supports ssh key files.
>
>Again: I do not want to use user/password for this but generated key files.

You need to transfer the public key to the remote computer, either
via a 'normal' user/password login or some other transfer method.

See: 'man ssh-copy-id'

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Peter Hanke wrote:

> How can I use local pub/priv key files as parameters for authentication in
> this command? Remote computer supports ssh key files.

man ssh:
-i identity_file
Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for RSA or DSA
authentication is read. The default is ~/.ssh/identity for protocol
version 1, and ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_dsa for protocol version 2.
Identity files may also be specified on a per-host basis in the
configuration file. It is possible to have multiple -i options (and
multiple identities specified in configuration files).

i.e. ssh -i /home/joe/private_foo/ssh_id_special (E-Mail Removed)

regards
Alex

On 2009-10-22, Peter Hanke wrote:
> Assume I want to open an SSH connection from Linux to a remote computer.
>
> How can I use local pub/priv key files as parameters for authentication in this command?
> Remote computer supports ssh key files.
>
> Again: I do not want to use user/password for this but generated key files.

man ssh-keygen


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