Tripp Lite B0930082E4UV Owners Manual for B093- B097- and B098-Series Console - Page 252

15. Advanced Configuration 15.6.2 Generating Public Keys (Linux) To generate new SSH key pairs, use the Linux ssh-keygen command. This will produce an RSA or DSA public/private key pair. You will be prompted for a path to store the two key files e.g. id_dsa.pub (the public key) and id_dsa (the private key). For example: $ ssh-keygen -t [rsa|dsa] Generating public/private [rsa|dsa] key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_[rsa|dsa]): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_[rsa|dsa]. Your public key has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_[rsa|dsa].pub. The key fingerprint is: 28:aa:29:38:ba:40:f4:11:5e:3f:d4:fa:e5:36:14:d6 user@server $ It is advisable to create a new directory to store your generated keys. It is also possible to name the files after the device for which they will be used. For example: $ mkdir keys $ ssh-keygen -t rsa Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa): /home/user/keys/control_room Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/user/keys/control_room Your public key has been saved in /home/user/keys/control_room.pub. The key fingerprint is: 28:aa:29:38:ba:40:f4:11:5e:3f:d4:fa:e5:36:14:d6 user@server $ You must ensure no password is associated with the keys. If there is a password, the Tripp Lite devices will have no way to supply it as runtime. Full documentation for the ssh-keygen command can be found at http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshkeygen . 252