SSH for Windows

PuTTY

Installation

• download puttygen.exe from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
• put it in [Program Files folder]\putty\

Configuration

Windows Machine:

• make a new directory: "[My Documents]\.ssh"
• start a CMD and execute the command "[Program Files folder]\putty\puttygen"
• press "Generate"
• move your mouse randomly (this is kind of funny :)
• fill out the form:
  key comment: [computername]
  key passphrase & confirm passphrase: [password]
• press "Save private key" and save it to "[My Documents]\.ssh\identity.ppk"
• press "Save public key" and save it to "[My Documents]\.ssh\[computername].pub"
• mark and copy the public key from the textbox in puttygen

Remote Machine: It is assumed that the SSH server is running Linux.

• log in with your username and password
• if there isn't a ~/.ssh directory, create it
• append the public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys/
• join all the lines of the new key and remove linefeeds
• protect your authorized_keys file

$ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Windows Machine:

• start PuTTY
• set Connection -> Auto-login username to your username on the linux machine
• set Connection -> SSH -> Preferred SSH protocol version to 2
• in Connection -> SSH -> Auth -> Private key file for authentication, enter the path to your private key, "[My Documents]\.ssh\identity.ppk"

Usage

plink

C:\>"\Program Files\putty\PLINK.EXE" -i [My Documents]\.ssh\identity.ppk user@server

Using TortoisePLink

RMB -> TortoiseSVN -> Settings -> Network -> SSH Client:
  C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoisePlink.exe -i [My Documents]\.ssh\identity.ppk -l username