<h3 id="use-ssh-keygen-to-create-a-set-of-secure-rsa-keys-public-and-private-on-your-own-machine">Use ssh-keygen to create a set of secure RSA keys, public and private, on your own machine</h3>
<h4 id="note-the-location-of-the-private-keylessbrgreater">Note the location of the private key<br /></h4>
<h4 id="copy-the-public-key-lessbrgreaterlessbrgreater">Copy the public key <br /><br /></h4>
<h3 id="ssh-into-the-target-machine">SSH into the target machine</h3>
<h4 id="paste-public-key-into-sshauthorizedusers">Paste public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_users</h4>
<p><code>[sudo] nano ~/.ssh/authorized_users</code> <br />
May require sudoers privilege <br /></p>
<h3 id="ssh-into-the-target-machine-using-the-private-key-on-your-machine">SSH into the target machine using the private key on your machine:</h3>
<pre><code>ssh -i /<span class="hljs-type">path</span>/<span class="hljs-keyword">to</span>/private/key <span class="hljs-keyword">user</span>@remotehost
</code></pre>

### Use ssh-keygen to create a set of secure RSA keys, public and private, on your own machine
#### Note the location of the private key<br>
#### Copy the public key <br><br>
### SSH into the target machine
#### Paste public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_users
``` [sudo] nano ~/.ssh/authorized_users``` <br>
May require sudoers privilege <br>
### SSH into the target machine using the private key on your machine:
```
ssh -i /path/to/private/key user@remotehost
```


Generating an SSH key to log into a target machine

Use ssh-keygen to create a set of secure RSA keys, public and private, on your own machine

Note the location of the private key

Copy the public key

SSH into the target machine

Paste public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_users

SSH into the target machine using the private key on your machine: