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--- wiki:advanced:authentication:passwordless-ssh [2010/06/15 12:22]
bmullan small spelling etc fixes
+++ wiki:advanced:authentication:passwordless-ssh [2013/03/08 13:31] (current)
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+====== Passwordless authentication using ssh-keys  ======
+===== Linux client =====
 You'll need to generate a SSH key via the ssh-keygen command. Please choose which key you want to generate (we recommend dsa):
 <code>
-$ ssh-keygen -t rsa''
+$ ssh-keygen -t rsa
 </code>
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 After the transfer you can add the path to the private part of the key to the session preferences inside x2goclient. x2goclient should now establish the connection without asking for a password by simply clicking on the session card view.
+===== Windows client =====
+Start a command prompt and navigate to the x2goclient folder, in this example it is **C:\Program Files\x2goclient**.
+First we generate a DSA key pair (use an empty password phrase if you want SSO):
+<code dos>
+C:\Program Files\x2goclient>ssh-keygen.exe -t dsa
+</code>
+:!: ssh-keygen.exe prints the path to the key file(s), you will need that in the next step.
+You'll need to transfer the public key file to the wanted server. You can do this using the scp.exe command with the path that ssh-keygen.exe printed (make sure you transfer the id_dsa**.pub** file):
+<code dos>
+C:\Program Files\x2goclient>scp.exe /cygdrive/C/DOCUME~1/<username>/.x2go/.ssh/id_dsa.pub username@remoteserver:
+</code>
+When the file has been transferred, log on to the remote server with ssh.exe:
+<code dos>
+C:\Program Files\x2goclient>ssh.exe username@remoteserver
+</code>
+Go to your .ssh folder, add the contents of the public key file to your authorized_keys file and then remove the public key file:
+<code bash>
+cd ~/.ssh
+cat ~/id_dsa.pub >> authorized_keys
+rm ~/id_dsa.pub
+</code>
+You can now add the path to the id_dsa file (the private part of the key) to the session preferences inside x2goclient. x2goclient should now establish the connection without asking for a password by simply clicking on the session card view.
+You can also create a desktop shortcut which starts the session with the client window hidden; in x2goclient select Session -> "Create session icon on desktop..." -> select session from the list and click the "Create session icon on desktop..."-button.
+:!: The path to x2goclient.exe in the shortcut may be wrong, edit the shortcut and remove "bin\" from the path and the working directory.

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