Generating SSH keys under windows.

yousaf465 · Jul 11, 2022

I tried generating ssh keys using the command

Batch:

ssh-keygen

and this was the output

Batch:

C:\Users\admin>ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (C:\Users\admin/.ssh/id_rsa): ssh-wrt
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in ssh-wrt.
Your public key has been saved in ssh-wrt.pub.

tried with Ubuntu in WSL2 and same result

Batch:

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/admin/.ssh/id_rsa): uopenwrt
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in uopenwrt
Your public key has been saved in uopenwrt.pub
The key fingerprint is:

neemobeer · Jul 11, 2022

Since you did not specify a full path for ssh-keygen it will save to the current working directory when you executed the command, so the key should be in the root of your user directory

yousaf465 · Jul 12, 2022

neemobeer said:
Since you did not specify a full path for ssh-keygen it will save to the current working directory when you executed the command, so the key should be in the root of your user directory

yes found it,but I should use it for ssh using windows terminal?

neemobeer · Jul 12, 2022

You can use the public key to connect to the system it was generated from. You would use the public key from the remote system (copy it locally) and call that with -KeyFilePath assuming the remote system is setup for public key authentication

yousaf465 · Jul 13, 2022

neemobeer said:
You can use the public key to connect to the system it was generated from. You would use the public key from the remote system (copy it locally) and call that with -KeyFilePath assuming the remote system is setup for public key authentication

it was generated on this very Windows 11 system.