Questions pertaining to key authentication, a type of authentication that may be used as an alternative to password authentication. Instead of requiring a user's password, it is possible to confirm the client's identity by using asymmetric cryptography algorithms, with public and private keys.
Questions tagged [key-authentication]
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Who SSH'd into User using auth.log/RSA Key
Ubuntu 14.04:
Using the auth.log im able to see: accepted publickey for $user from 192.168.xx.xx port xxxxx ssh2: RSA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Using that RSA Key how do i know which public key it is in…

Isaac Harris
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SSH public key authentication error. Access to only one specific folder
I've a problem with SSH public key authentication.
I'm a travel agent and need to give to the client (Amadeus) the access to only one folder on my server located in home directory, ex. xxx so I created SFTP user, ex. yyy, with permissions to access…

Damian
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