{"id":957,"date":"2012-01-16T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T12:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenwhiting.com\/blog\/?p=957"},"modified":"2012-05-01T13:13:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T12:13:46","slug":"access-pgp-universal-server-3-x-using-putty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevenwhiting.com\/blog\/?p=957","title":{"rendered":"Access PGP Universal Server 3.x using PuTTY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To gain command line access to a PGP Universal Server, you will need to create an SSH key. You can do this using a utility such as PuTTYgen to create an SSH key and PuTTY to log in to the command line interface. This article details how to utilize PuTTYgen and PuTTY to access a PGP Universal Server.<\/p>\n

PuTTY is a freeware suite of SSH tools. The PuTTY suite includes PuTTYgen, PuTTY, PSFTP, and Pageant the PuTTY authentication agent. The PuTTYgen and PuTTY.exe files are also available to be downloaded separately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Solution<\/h3>\n

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Using PuTTYgen<\/strong><\/p>\n

To create an SSH keypair using PuTTYgen<\/p>\n

These steps assume the entire suite of PuTTY utilities is installed on the computer. The following steps may also be performed using the separately downloaded PuTTYgen.exe and PuTTY files.<\/p>\n

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  1. Open PuTTYgen from the Start<\/strong> menu.<\/li>\n
  2. Confirm the Parameters<\/em> (at the bottom of the PuTTY\u00a0Key Generator window) for the type of key to generate. The parameters of the key must utilize one of the SSH2 options. We recommend that you choose SSH-2 RSA\u00a0(the default). Set the Number of bits to 2048<\/li>\n
  3. Create a key pair by clicking on the Generate<\/strong> button in the Actions<\/em> section. Generate some randomness for the key by moving the mouse over the blank area.<\/li>\n
  4. After the key generation is complete, copy the public key block from PuTTY window into PGP Universal Server admin account by performing the following:<\/li>\n
  5. Copy<\/em> the public key from the clipboard window in the PuTTY\u00a0Key Generator where it says “Public key for pasting into OpenSSH\u00a0authorized_keys file:”<\/li>\n
  6. Log in as a superuser to the PGP Universal Server admin interface.<\/li>\n
  7. Select the System > Administrators<\/strong> card then click on a superuser<\/em> account. Please note:\u00a0It does require them to be a superuser administrator to use SSH access. Other roles are not supported.<\/li>\n
  8. Click the plus +<\/strong> sign at the end of the SSHv2 Key line. This will bring up a window that displays Update SSH Public Key<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  9. Click the Import Key Block<\/strong> radio button and paste the public key block that you just generated with PuTTYgen directly into this block and click the Import<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n
  10. After you upload the key block you will notice the hex fingerprint of the key will now show up in SSHv2 Key line. You can verify that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint found in the Key fingerprin<\/em>t line on PuTTY\u00a0Key Generator to verify that the key was imported succesfully<\/li>\n
  11. Click Save<\/strong> and close the administrative interface.<\/li>\n
  12. Next go back to your desktop and save the public and private key within PuTTYgen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Note:<\/strong> The minimum key size when generating a key is 1024 bit. Intermittently PuTTYgen may generate a 1024 bit key as a 1023 bit key due to a bug in PuTTYgen. Thereby causing the key not to work properly. The best practice is to generate a key of at least 1025 bit to avoid the potential problem. We recommend generating a key 2048 bit in length to solve this issue.
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    Access the PGP Universal Server using PuTTY<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Use the following steps to access the command line interface.<\/p>\n

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    1. Open PuTTY from the Start<\/strong> menu.<\/li>\n
    2. Enter the PGP Universal Server hostname (keys.domain.com<\/em>) or IP address in the hostname field<\/li>\n
    3. If not already entered, change the Port field to use port 22.<\/li>\n
    4. Select the SSH<\/strong> radio button as the protocol.<\/li>\n
    5. Click Auth<\/strong> (under Category>Connection>SSH)<\/li>\n
    6. Browse to the private key and add the file that you saved and click Open<\/strong> to start a session. You will be prompted to enter a username.<\/li>\n
    7. Type: root and press enter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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