From Simon Hobbs

Main: Ssh

To ssh into a server!!

1. Do full install of putty
2. Use puttygen to create a public and private key
3. on the solaris box, create a .ssh dir in the home dir of the user you want to ssh in as, with permissions of 700
4. in the .ssh dir, create a file called authorized_keys and copy in your public key. the permissions should be rw_r_r
5. on your pc, either double click on your ppk file to open it in putty pageant, or set up the following bat file in your startup dir:

"c:\Program Files\PuTTY?\pageant.exe" "c:\Documents and Settings\youruser\you@yourdomain.com.ppk"

1. fire up putty and ssh you@servername