How to configure basic SSH for RHEL 6.5

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• CA Identity Manager
• CA Identity Governance
• CA Identity Portal
• CA Risk Analytics
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• CLOUDMINDER ADVANCED AUTHENTICATION
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• CA Secure Cloud SaaS - Identity Management
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Issue/Introduction

This will provide example on how to setup SSH for the Unix V2 connector.

Environment

Release:
Component: IDMGR

Resolution

This configuration guide is based off of the root user.

 

Go to : cd ~

 

Execute : ls -la

 

Go to : cd .ssh  (if this folder does not exist then perform the following code: mkdir .ssh)

 

Execute : ssh -keygen -t rsa

Enter file in which to save the key: Left default

Enter pass-phrase: Either blank or enter a password.

 

Execute ssh-copy-id root@hostname

 

Execute : ls -la

Confirm that you have a authorized_keys file

 

Should you not execute the following: mv id_rsa.pub .ssh/authorized_keys

 

Execute chmod 644 authorized_keys

NOTE: If you grant more permissions than 644 authentication will fail.

 

execute cd ..

You should now be in the home directory (cd ~)

Execute ls -la

 

The permissions for .ssh should not exceed 755

Execute chmod 755 .ssh

 

execute chmod go-w ~/

 

Once complete we will confirm we can log in.

 

Example ssh root@hostname

 

Note: if everything is done right it should ask you for your passphrase if you configured one. If you didn't you should log straight in.