What commands or keys should I press after copy-paste the ssh keygen into vi /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys

Diego Pivaral

Hello Guys,

Somebody could help a noob here? I have a problem in the terminal mode, I want to skip typing the password each time I enter in the omega onion 2, so in the onion terminal mode, I type vi /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys

Then I copy-paste my supposed public key like this : fgrgdfahteydfgnyhdegvdfgr bla bla

then I am lost when I need to update/close or register the public key, I do not know which commands I must type in the keyboard. Somebody is telling me is Control + O and Esc, but no result. I am using this tutorial:

Here a youtube video

How to Add your Public Key to the Omega on a MAC

Step 1: Locating Existing Key Pair

Let’s first check to see if your computer already has a key pair. Open the Terminal App on your Mac and run:

ls ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
If this file exists, skip ahead to Step 3.

Step 2: Generating a Key Pair

No worries if you don’t have a key yet, follow this quick guide to generate a key pair.

Step 3: Copy Key Pair

Copy the contents of the public key file to the clipboard:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Step 4: Create an Authorized Keys File

Connect to your Omega’s command prompt and create a new file:

vi /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys
And paste your public key into it.

And you’re done!

From now on, you’ll be able to securely connect to your Omega without having to type out a password every time.

cas

@Diego-Pivaral said in What commands or keys should I press after copy-paste the ssh keygen into vi /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys:

then I am lost when I need to update/close or register the public key, I do not know which commands I must type in the keyboard. Somebody is telling me is Control + O and Esc, but no result. I am using this tutorial:

Assuming that the paste is successful, press the ESC key to enter vi mode, followed by :wq
Where:
':' - enter command mode
'w' - write content out (save file)
'q' - quit (return to shell prompt)