


ssh/authorized_keysĪdd the public key of the host which you wish to access the SSH server from to the authorized_keys file.

I have been struggling with this for days. But when I disable the password authentication on the sshd_config file, and try to ssh form the Linux host using key based authentication is gives the error #Connection Refused (Publickey Authentication) - Something similar to this. The interactive key (Password) based authentication works fine. ssh folder and copied my Linux public key to the authorized-hosts file as well. I followed some other guides and generated the keys for the OpenSSH server as well using the >ssh-keygen -t rsa, to the. I have already generated my Public and private keys for the Linux host. Using the OpenSSH 7.2p2-1-v1 : provided by Link: I am attempting to have the communication setup between an Linux Mint and the Windows 7 host.
#Openssh server how to
Would anyone please be able to assist me with a detailed guide in how to set up a SSHD server on a Windows 7 host along with Keybased authentication.
