Hi Kyrunner

Just going through those last steps.

What does shiftzz do? All it does it put a capital Z at the end of the key, and then I don't know how to save or get out of the file.

NEVERMIND - I leant that you have to hit escape first to go back to command mode

OK - I'm still getting the Server refused our key error

I'm going to try from scratch

The key that I copy from PuttyGen, do I copy ALL the data in that box, so starting with:

ssh-rsa

and ending with rsa-key- (and then 8 numbers)?

Do I need to reboot the server once I've change authorized_keys?

I'm in!!!

The ssh-rsa at the beginning of the key was missing an s (sh-rsa). Not sure why. It's fixed and that's all I care about right now!

Sorry for not explaining the shiftZZ in vi..

When ever you edit a file with vi you first start out with hitting the i butting which is insert mode.. after making changes you hit escape and shitzz to save. If you want to exit with out saving first hit escape and then :w! this will exit without any changes to the file.

I'm glad you have it working!

The next steps that you need to make are securing ssh.

1, go to /etc/ssh

2, sudo vi sshd_config

3, edit the sshd_config file and configure it to this > PermitRootLogin no

4, PasswordAuthentication no

5, restart ssh for changes

6, sudo /etc/init.d/sshd restart



By doing the above steps you will secure your server from brute force attacks trying to guess easy passwords.

Thanks for your help guys