FormaServe - Using Key Authentication for SSH IBM i Help Guide

This document shows useful commands for helping with using key authentication to automate signon to SSH sessions on IBM i

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Command	Description
`ls -ld /home/userID`	Show directory attributes on users home directory
`chown andy /home/userID`	Change owner of users home directory
`chmod 755 /home/userID`	Change authority of users home directory
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`ls -ld /home/userID/.ssh`	Show directory attributes on users home ssh directory
`chown andy /home/userID/.ssh`	Change owner of users home ssh directory
`chmod 700 /home/userID/.ssh`	Change authority of users home ssh directory
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`ls -ld /home/userID/.ssh/authorized_keys`	Show directory attributes on users authorised keys file
`chown andy /home/userID.ssh/authorized_keys`	Change owner of users authorised keys file
`chmod 600 /home/userID/.ssh/authorized_keys`	Change authority of users authorised keys file
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