Comments on: SSH Key based authentication setup from openSSH to SSH2

By: Ramesh

Ramesh — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:17:59 +0000

@Francisco, Check out OpenSSH alternatives for Windows. @Sheema, Like Denny has pointed out, if you get that error message, pass the -t option. i.e ssh-keygen -t dsa (or) ssh-keygen -t rsa @Denny, Thanks for helping out Sheema. Also, I appreciate your nice comments about this blog.

By: Denny

Denny — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:17:10 +0000

Hi Sheema.

The key type (t) option means that you gotta choose between rsa or dsa to build your key. Although the command “ssh-keygen” should create a rsa key by default without prompting for an specific one.

Hope it helps you..

Ramesh, very good and usefull blog. Congratulations.

By: sheema

sheema — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:09:45 +0000

hi ramesh,

i try to generate key pair but there;s an error

You must specify a key type (-t).
Usage: ssh-keygen [options]

any idea about that?

thanks

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By: Francisco

Francisco — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:31:29 +0000

the best how-to, directly related to ssh connection.
do you have one for connecting to a Win machine?
thank you.