Use Public Key Authentication with SSH

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#how to generate RSA key to use Public Authentication in SSH

generate rsa-auth key

ssh-keygen

optional : increase security by changing size of the key

  ssh-keygen -b 4096

make this directory if it's not existing already

touch ~/.ssh/authorized_keys; chmod 700 ~/.ssh

copy the content of generated rsa located at .ssh/id_rsa.pub

  nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

change the permission of directory

    chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

make sure uncomment the below commands located at /etc/ssh/sshd_config

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

if you're using android device i suggest you use the connectbot app because it support publickey, you should import you rsa key via the app using mange pubkeys -> import -> id_rsa file