SSH Public/Private Key Setup

Published: 13 January 2016
on channel: UltraEdit
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This video is a simple visual guide for how to generate an RSA key pair and configure UltraEdit to use it to authenticate with your FTP server. Doing so can make your connection more secure, and, should you choose not to use a passphrase, more convenient.

We'll SSH into the server, generate the public and private keys, copy the private key to our local machine and the corresponding public key to the authorized_keys directory. Then we'll tell UltraEdit where we put the private key.

*NOTE* In this video, we connect directly as root on a temporary server. If you're new to nix system administration, know that it's best practice to disable root's ability to connect directly and instead allow other users who need to sudo to do so. **NOTE*

*NOTE* If you choose to set up your key pair with a pass phrase, UltraEdit will prompt you for it every time you connect, just as though you were authenticating from a command line. A passphrase and SSH key pair increase security significantly. *NOTE*

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