WindowsSSHPublicKey.md

Adding SSH Public Keys to a Remote Server

To add your SSH public keys to the authorized_keys file on a remote Linux server, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

• Ensure OpenSSH is installed on your Windows machine.
• Locate your SSH public key files.

Commands

For id_ed25519.pub

type C:\Users\ajhs\.ssh\id_ed25519.pub | ssh username@remote_server "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

For id_ecdsa.pub

type C:\Users\ajhs\.ssh\id_ecdsa.pub | ssh username@remote_server "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

For id_dsa.pub

type C:\Users\ajhs\.ssh\id_dsa.pub | ssh username@remote_server "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

Explanation

• Each command reads the content of the respective public key file using type.
• The output is piped (|) to the ssh command, which connects to the remote server.
• The remote command mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys ensures the .ssh directory exists and appends the public key to the authorized_keys file.

Note: Replace username with your remote server username and remote_server with the IP address or hostname of your remote server.

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