Veritas Storage Foundation™ and High Availability Solutions 5.0.1 Getting Started Guide

Figure 3-1
Creating the DSA key pair and appending it to target systems
Source System: system1
Target System: system2
Private
Key
Public
Key
authorized_keys
file
Read the ssh documentation and online manual pages before enabling ssh. Contact
your operating system support provider for issues regarding ssh configuration.
Visit the OpenSSH website that is located at: http://openssh.org to access online
manuals and other resources.
To create the DSA key pair
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On the source system (system1), log in as root, and navigate to the root
directory.
system1 # cd /
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To generate a DSA key pair on the source system, type the following command:
system1 # ssh-keygen -t dsa
System output similar to the following is displayed:
Generating public/private dsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (//.ssh/id_dsa):
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Press Enter to accept the default location of /.ssh/id_dsa.
Installation overview
Configuring secure shell (ssh) or remote shell before installing products
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