I have ssh installed on windows (I can just use it in the terminal) and I can't remember ever having to install it so windows users: maybe you don't even have to install it. Just check by typing ssh into the command prompt and if it gives no error, it is installed.
In Windows we use the terminal (cmd) or PowerShell and we don't need Putty at all. It's 2 years or so, since Windows natively supports ssh connections through PowerShell.
Thanks for the forecast! 📊 Just a small off-topic question: 😅 I only have these words 🤔. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). I don't know what they are. What should I do with them? 🤷♀️
You're doing a fantastic job! I have a quick question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (air carpet target dish off jeans toilet sweet piano spoil fruit essay). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
Windows 10 has a built in option to install the OpenSSH client from Windows Apps and Features. It would be cool to show using that client as it is accessible from the Windows cli and ssh-keygen works from there as well - storing it in the Windows equivalent user/home folder/.ssh structure. However, it doesn't seem to work from there when using the ssh connection - unless I'm setting it up wrong - but that's why it would be nice to see a video using this method and going through setup - using the native Openssh tools.
This video may have saved my computer from me throwing it at the wall in a fit of rage as I’m having trouble accessing my vps. Thanks for the great video
9:49 BOMM hacker in. thats easy it is no security at all. hacker send public key and he get in. only need user pand password to login. yes its that easy. more easy bruteforce password bcoz there is no 3 attept wait 24 hour or contact admin. so you can try try try root password. thats easy. if you get password and it wont let log in. send public key and BOOM. i not get lol why user is one who send public key when server should send LOL
I followed these steps but for whatever reason the authotized_keys wasn't generated (on the remote host) and I was still prompted for pw when ssh from local
Windows 10 and 11 do include ssh installed by default. Just open cmd or powershell and type ssh. The config files are located under C:\Users\\.ssh. No need to use Putty anymore.
I followed the advice but it hasn't worked :/ when I try and ssh in it still asks for my password. i can see the public key in the authorized keys file. Do I need to make changes to ssh_config or something?
I managed to get things working by redoing the ssh-keygen process without specifying a file when prompted with "Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa)" I noticed when doing ssh -v user@host, there were a number of lines of the form Will attempt key: /home/george/.ssh/id_rsa Will attempt key: /home/george/.ssh/id_ecdsa ... but did not check the key I had made. I assume there's some config file somewhere which tells it what keys to check - and you'd have to add a new entry if you save your key in an unusual place. it's so easy to trip up :)
Hi!!!! Im following this steps perfectly (to conect two ubuntu docker containers) and it keeps asking me for the password... why could this be? thanks in advance for any help!!!!
Hi great video, but I'd like to see tutorial with Ed25519. Today, the RSA is the most widely used public-key algorithm for SSH key. But compared to Ed25519, it’s slower and even considered not safe if it’s generated with the key smaller than 2048-bit length.
I do have a number of Raspberry Pi devices on my home network plus manage an Ubuntu system remotely for a friend. Initially I confused myself a wee bit by actually naming the private and public keys but strangely it all worked fine, seems the actual name of the file is irrelevant, just the contents important.
I have question on the ssh key pairs . I run the key Gen by root account then put the public key to target server logon as another account home directory. May I know if I logon to target server with non root account with no password ?
To anyone fairly new like me, don't forget to leave the id_ at the start of the filename. Pretty sure that's probably something I was supposed to know but it just caused me an hour or two of headache before realizing... If it isn't common knowledge or something you're supposed to do, it at the very least appears to be default behavior with Windows' OpenSSH implementation. It appears like it won't try user generated keys upon connecting unless you have id_ at the start of the filename.
You shouldn't show your public key just like you shouldn't show your password. If someone knows your IP and username, then the public key is akin to a password (unless you also use a password, then they can attempt to brute force that).
Hello, I am getting this error so not able to save public key- please help me. Here is message- "Saving key "/home/user1/.ssh/id_rsa" failed: Not a directory"
hi, thanks a lot for your useful TV 👍 i've watched several of you're videos and i want to thank you for the help you're providing to the rookie i am 😄 it's my fist message here to ask for the correct command when using a another user, if wanting to do this for several users, and use a different port than 22 (which is 'the wrong way to do it' ; )
Jay, not sure where I'm going wrong but whenever I try to login to my linode server, the passwood is not recognized. I've repeated your process and re-created the linode using the same password but I'm still refused access. Am using Fedora 35 as my desktop, could it be an SElinux thing?
Very good video, thanks you. Just wondering, if I followed your instructions and uploaded my public key to a server does that mean anyone with access to that public key can access that same server?
No, because the private key is stored on the client machine. You created the key pair on your machine and then added just the public key to the server (using the real password for the server). So you still need to know the login credentials for the server to set up the key pair for the first time. Even if someone else had the public key it would be useless to them.
Jay, this was very helpful to me in getting RSYNC working to move data from Linux to Linux. I looked at lots of other video and written tutorials, got confused enough to hit lots of subtle roadblocks along the way. What you prove here is this topic is not that complex if you stay focused on the essentials.
Haze Anderson is right, here is a guide on using the LISH console for more information www.linode.com/docs/guides/using-the-linode-shell-lish/#use-a-web-browser
On Windows cmd you can use ssh by default!
I noticed that it doesn't have the cool shortcuts that Linux does though. For example ssh-copy-id which is pretty annoying.
I have ssh installed on windows (I can just use it in the terminal) and I can't remember ever having to install it so windows users: maybe you don't even have to install it. Just check by typing ssh into the command prompt and if it gives no error, it is installed.
but modern windows does have an ssh client by default.... no putty needed
In Windows we use the terminal (cmd) or PowerShell and we don't need Putty at all. It's 2 years or so, since Windows natively supports ssh connections through PowerShell.
please, tell why using password is 'wrong' ..
Thanks for the forecast! 📊 Just a small off-topic question: 😅 I only have these words 🤔. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). I don't know what they are. What should I do with them? 🤷♀️
You're doing a fantastic job! I have a quick question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (air carpet target dish off jeans toilet sweet piano spoil fruit essay). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
Windows 10 has a built in option to install the OpenSSH client from Windows Apps and Features. It would be cool to show using that client as it is accessible from the Windows cli and ssh-keygen works from there as well - storing it in the Windows equivalent user/home folder/.ssh structure. However, it doesn't seem to work from there when using the ssh connection - unless I'm setting it up wrong - but that's why it would be nice to see a video using this method and going through setup - using the native Openssh tools.
Wait, if you add Public Key auth, why dose the server still accept password auth from the client? Isn't the point to disallow Password authentication?
This video may have saved my computer from me throwing it at the wall in a fit of rage as I’m having trouble accessing my vps. Thanks for the great video
9:49 BOMM hacker in. thats easy it is no security at all. hacker send public key and he get in. only need user pand password to login. yes its that easy.
more easy bruteforce password bcoz there is no 3 attept wait 24 hour or contact admin. so you can try try try root password. thats easy.
if you get password and it wont let log in. send public key and BOOM. i not get lol why user is one who send public key when server should send LOL
I followed these steps but for whatever reason the authotized_keys wasn't generated (on the remote host)
and I was still prompted for pw when ssh from local
hi jay, great video, this help me for my job. thakns from colombia. your are my favorite instructor in akamai.
Windows 10 and 11 do include ssh installed by default. Just open cmd or powershell and type ssh. The config files are located under C:\Users\\.ssh. No need to use Putty anymore.
Underrated tutorial on how SSH certs work in relation to client / server and multiple OSs. Cheers!
Hello,
Please what command prompt application did you use to input the commands?
Mine got "Server refused our key" though I followed eveything.
i have question pls : why we put private key in putty while we usually send only public key
I followed the advice but it hasn't worked :/ when I try and ssh in it still asks for my password. i can see the public key in the authorized keys file. Do I need to make changes to ssh_config or something?
I managed to get things working by redoing the ssh-keygen process without specifying a file when prompted with "Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa)"
I noticed when doing ssh -v user@host, there were a number of lines of the form
Will attempt key: /home/george/.ssh/id_rsa
Will attempt key: /home/george/.ssh/id_ecdsa
...
but did not check the key I had made. I assume there's some config file somewhere which tells it what keys to check - and you'd have to add a new entry if you save your key in an unusual place.
it's so easy to trip up :)
Just what I needed thank you. Really clear and easy to follow along. Great content.
Bada bing! Thank you.
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This was awesome - thanks! So clear and easy!
permission denied (publickey)
windows now have ssh client base on openssh
Hi!!!! Im following this steps perfectly (to conect two ubuntu docker containers) and it keeps asking me for the password... why could this be? thanks in advance for any help!!!!
Hi great video, but I'd like to see tutorial with Ed25519. Today, the RSA is the most widely used public-key algorithm for SSH key. But compared to Ed25519, it’s slower and even considered not safe if it’s generated with the key smaller than 2048-bit length.
I do have a number of Raspberry Pi devices on my home network plus manage an Ubuntu system remotely for a friend. Initially I confused myself a wee bit by actually naming the private and public keys but strangely it all worked fine, seems the actual name of the file is irrelevant, just the contents important.
On windows you can use WSL without the need for pUTTY from windows 10 uowards.
Great tutorial for openssh for windows 10 pro. Do you have a tutorial for ssh in windows when creating an OpenVPN linode server? Thanks.
I have question on the ssh key pairs . I run the key Gen by root account then put the public key to target server logon as another account home directory. May I know if I logon to target server with non root account with no password ?
To anyone fairly new like me, don't forget to leave the id_ at the start of the filename. Pretty sure that's probably something I was supposed to know but it just caused me an hour or two of headache before realizing...
If it isn't common knowledge or something you're supposed to do, it at the very least appears to be default behavior with Windows' OpenSSH implementation. It appears like it won't try user generated keys upon connecting unless you have id_ at the start of the filename.
You shouldn't show your public key just like you shouldn't show your password.
If someone knows your IP and username, then the public key is akin to a password (unless you also use a password, then they can attempt to brute force that).
Hello, I am getting this error so not able to save public key- please help me. Here is message- "Saving key "/home/user1/.ssh/id_rsa" failed: Not a directory"
hi, thanks a lot for your useful TV 👍 i've watched several of you're videos and i want to thank you for the help you're providing to the rookie i am 😄 it's my fist message here to ask for the correct command when using a another user, if wanting to do this for several users, and use a different port than 22 (which is 'the wrong way to do it' ; )
Amazing video, helped me a lot, now I Know the usage of the ssh keys, thank you so much
If I want to use SSH for a server and for GitHub, do I generate two new keys for each service or is it common to reuse the existing one?
thank you very much; I knew about this but never remember the exact sequence of actions; now I did it following your video and it works like a dream
I can always rely on Jay to save me from myself lol, I set up an SSH key before, forgot about it, now here i am again months later lol
Great explanation. Is there a video on password-less ssh from Linux to Windows
How to copy a key from one client to another when two machines log into one?
Thanks! This helped me with what I needed and you explained it very clear! 10 stars! :)
This is exactly a good example of a tutorial, thanks!
Windows does have inbuilt ssh, using powershell
Thank you , You made it very clear and straight to the point
awesome video, please how do i access my private key?
Great video! Thank you so much.
Jay, not sure where I'm going wrong but whenever I try to login to my linode server, the passwood is not recognized. I've repeated your process and re-created the linode using the same password but I'm still refused access. Am using Fedora 35 as my desktop, could it be an SElinux thing?
Tried it on EndeavourOS and it worked.....thanks!
Thank you for doing this for noob like me!
This was invaluable when setting up my Kali ssh server. Thanks. :)
Thank you, super easy to make it on windows
thank you
thank you, that was very helpful.
ty for the outstanding clarification on how to do this
Very helpful. Thank you!
very good tutorial. thanks.
Thank u soooo much. Very helpful
Very good video, thanks you.
Just wondering, if I followed your instructions and uploaded my public key to a server does that mean anyone with access to that public key can access that same server?
No, because the private key is stored on the client machine. You created the key pair on your machine and then added just the public key to the server (using the real password for the server). So you still need to know the login credentials for the server to set up the key pair for the first time. Even if someone else had the public key it would be useless to them.
Jay, this was very helpful to me in getting RSYNC working to move data from Linux to Linux. I looked at lots of other video and written tutorials, got confused enough to hit lots of subtle roadblocks along the way. What you prove here is this topic is not that complex if you stay focused on the essentials.
great video and explanation...thank you
great explanation. I saw others tutorials but this made everything snap into place
Amazing video 5 stars!
Very comprehensive tutorial
Really clear and to the point! Thank you!
The best explanation for ssh! Many thanks!
Can you make a video of using yubikeys to ssh into servers please
Check out this video th-cam.com/video/4lPvjON4-k8/w-d-xo.html
Thx from Ukraine!
Thank you very much!
instruction clear and on point
Clear ! thank you
Thanks a lot man
Thank you
helpful❤❤
awesome.
How to recover access to the server if the private key is lost? Does linode have "rescue" mode?
You can launch a LISH console and login with regular credentials.
Haze Anderson is right, here is a guide on using the LISH console for more information www.linode.com/docs/guides/using-the-linode-shell-lish/#use-a-web-browser
@@AkamaiDeveloper but the point is we will be disabling password access, right?
@@True_Muslim_Momin Yes, you will still however be able to login via Lish as a last resort.
@@AkamaiDeveloper so Lish works even with the password access disable?
Since ssh is a major security risk, can I have my ssh server to be running only at a specific time of the week?