[Info-vax] SSH to Linux using Public Keys

[alexru...@gmail.com]

your key format looks similar to an X.509 SSL certificate, i.e. a header, comment field and trailer with the ASCII gibberish in between. OpenSSH does not have the same format and the public key you share with them Needs to be converted using ssh-keygen -e.  the AWS admin should be able to do that.

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 3:08:03 PM UTC-5, Jim wrote:
> On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 12:16:27 PM UTC-5, issinoho wrote:
> > I'm trying to SSH from my Alpha to a Linux box in AWS using public keys. 
> > 
> > My client system: 
> > HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.7 - ECO 5 
> > SSH Secure Shell OpenVMS (V5.5) 3.2.0 on AlphaServer 400 4/166 - VMS V8.4-2L1 
> > 
> > The server: 
> > CentOS Linux release 8.3.2011 
> > OpenSSH_8.0p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1g FIPS 21 Apr 2020 
> > 
> > Firstly, should this be possible? 
> > 
> > And, if so, does anyone have a definitive guide on getting it working? 
> > 
> > The closest I have found is Raymii's page but that fails with unknown -o options. 
> > 
> > All help happily accepted. TIA.
> The MultiNet SSH FAQ @ https://www.process.com/support/ssh/faq/general.html has examples of setting up a VMS client using MultiNet's SSH (SFTP) to access an server system running OpenSSH - I believe that the VMS SSH is fairly similar...