sftp setup help

[B***@safilousa.com]

I am new setting up sftp with a remote non VMS system.

So far I did
mu sshkeygen /ssh2 /keytype=rsa

and generated the files below
Private key saved to xx:[me.SSH2]id_rsa_1024_a
Public key saved to xx:[me.SSH2]id_rsa_1024_a.pub

I sent the .pub file to the other side and at this point it does not seem
to be working. When contacting process support I was told that the key
would need to be converted. Does any one have any tips on how to do this?
Also any comments in general in general or a link to get me started.

I tried
http://www.process.com/tcpip/mndocs51/USER_GUIDE/Ch07.htm

and am working my way though..
http://www.process.com/tcpip/mndocs.html


Thanks,
Bill

[Michael Corbett]

Post by B***@safilousa.com
I am new setting up sftp with a remote non VMS system.
So far I did
mu sshkeygen /ssh2 /keytype=rsa
and generated the files below
Private key saved to xx:[me.SSH2]id_rsa_1024_a
Public key saved to xx:[me.SSH2]id_rsa_1024_a.pub
I sent the .pub file to the other side and at this point it does not
seem to be working. When contacting process support I was told that the
key would need to be converted. Does any one have any tips on how to do
this? Also any comments in general in general or a link to get me started.
I tried
http://www.process.com/tcpip/mndocs51/USER_GUIDE/Ch07.htm
and am working my way though..
http://www.process.com/tcpip/mndocs.html

Hi Bill,

The following should help -

Here is some information on public key authentication when the
remote side is running OpenSSH.

The keys used by OpenSSH and MultiNet (and other ssh
implementations based on the F-Secure package) are in different formats.
You will need to convert the keys to the correct format to use them.
On the Linux side you can use the ssh-keygen -e option to convert
OpenSSH keys to the RFC 4716 key file format used by
MultiNet. Here is an example that converts the default id_rsa.pub
key and then copies it to the MultiNet system -


# ssh-keygen -ef .ssh/id_rsa.pub > rfc4716.pub
# scp rfc4716.pub ***@yoyo.process.com:ssh2/rfc4716.pub

Once this is done the authorization. file for the user corbett would
need to have a key line added to it to use the new key. For example -

key rfc4716.pub

Going the other way you can use the -i option to convert the
RFC 4716 to OpenSSH key file format. Here is an example of setting
this up -

1.) create a new key pair with -

$ mu sshkeygen/ssh2/key=key_for_scp

2.) create a [.ssh2]identification. file that looks like -

$ type [.ssh2]identification.
idkey key_for_scp
$

4.) Use SCP to copy the key_for_scp.pub file to the other system -

$ mu scp2 [.ssh2]key_for_scp.pub -
"<user>@<server_name>::.ssh/key_for_scp.pub"

5.) Convert the key from RFC 4716 format to an OpenSSH key file and
appended it to the authorization file -

$ mu ssh/user=childrens 141.150.159.103 -
"ssh-keygen -i -f .ssh/key_for_scp.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys2"

regards
Mike

[B***@safilousa.com]

Thanks for the information and details, both responses gave me more to
work with. I will check to see what format they require.





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Post by B***@safilousa.com
I am new setting up sftp with a remote non VMS system.
So far I did
mu sshkeygen /ssh2 /keytype=rsa
and generated the files below
Private key saved to xx:[me.SSH2]id_rsa_1024_a
Public key saved to xx:[me.SSH2]id_rsa_1024_a.pub
I sent the .pub file to the other side and at this point it does not
seem to be working. When contacting process support I was told that the
key would need to be converted. Does any one have any tips on how to do
this? Also any comments in general in general or a link to get me

started.

Post by B***@safilousa.com
I tried
http://www.process.com/tcpip/mndocs51/USER_GUIDE/Ch07.htm
and am working my way though..
http://www.process.com/tcpip/mndocs.html

Hi Bill,

The following should help -

Here is some information on public key authentication
when the
remote side is running OpenSSH.

The keys used by OpenSSH and MultiNet (and other ssh
implementations based on the F-Secure package) are in different formats.
You will need to convert the keys to the correct format to use them.
On the Linux side you can use the ssh-keygen -e option to convert
OpenSSH keys to the RFC 4716 key file format used by
MultiNet. Here is an example that converts the default id_rsa.pub
key and then copies it to the MultiNet system -


# ssh-keygen -ef .ssh/id_rsa.pub > rfc4716.pub
# scp rfc4716.pub ***@yoyo.process.com:ssh2/rfc4716.pub

Once this is done the authorization. file for the user corbett would
need to have a key line added to it to use the new key. For example -

key rfc4716.pub

Going the other way you can use the -i option to convert
the
RFC 4716 to OpenSSH key file format. Here is an example of setting
this up -

1.) create a new key pair with -

$ mu sshkeygen/ssh2/key=key_for_scp

2.) create a [.ssh2]identification. file that looks like -

$ type [.ssh2]identification.
idkey key_for_scp
$

4.) Use SCP to copy the key_for_scp.pub file to the other system -

$ mu scp2 [.ssh2]key_for_scp.pub -
"<user>@<server_name>::.ssh/key_for_scp.pub"

5.) Convert the key from RFC 4716 format to an OpenSSH key file and
appended it to the authorization file -

$ mu ssh/user=childrens 141.150.159.103 -
"ssh-keygen -i -f .ssh/key_for_scp.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys2"

regards
Mike