1st step to generate the public key :-
Step 1 : SSH to the server under root privilege :-
# cd ~/.ssh
# ls
known_hosts
After done, generate the key using command below :
# ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/schacon/.ssh/id_rsa): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /Users/schacon/.ssh/id_rsa. Your public key has been saved in /Users/schacon/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. The key fingerprint is: 43:c5:5b:5f:b1:f1:50:43:ad:20:a6:92:6a:1f:9a:3a schacon@agadorlaptop.local
It will show the request as above, just press ENTER until finish.
All they have to do is copy the contents of the .pub
file and e-mail it. The public keys look something like this :-
# cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAklOUpkDHrfHY17SbrmTIpNLTGK9Tjom/BWDSU
GPl+nafzlHDTYW7hdI4yZ5ew18JH4JW9jbhUFrviQzM7xlELEVf4h9lFX5QVkbPppSwg0cda3
Pbv7kOdJ/MTyBlWXFCR+HAo3FXRitBqxiX1nKhXpHAZsMciLq8V6RjsNAQwdsdMFvSlVK/7XA
t3FaoJoAsncM1Q9x5+3V0Ww68/eIFmb1zuUFljQJKprrX88XypNDvjYNby6vw/Pb0rwert/En
mZ+AW4OZPnTPI89ZPmVMLuayrD2cE86Z/il8b+gw3r3+1nKatmIkjn2so1d01QraTlMqVSsbx
NrRFi9wrf+M7Q== schacon@agadorlaptop.local
Now you have done generate the public key. Copy the public key and send to user that request it.