Hi,
Following the directions in http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Use_SSH_to_execute_commands_(DSA_key_login) (which is for v2.9) I generated the key, ftped it to the router and imported it. However, it still asks for a password, and now says “Permission denied, please try again.”
Where did I go wrong?
$ ssh-keygen -t dsa
Generating public/private dsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/ron/.ssh/id_dsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/ron/.ssh/id_dsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/ron/.ssh/id_dsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ron@haggis
The key's randomart image is:
+---[DSA 1024]----+
[snip]
+----[SHA256]-----+
$ ncftp -u admin chef
NcFTP 3.2.5 (Feb 02, 2011) by Mike Gleason (http://www.NcFTP.com/contact/).
Connecting to 192.168.1.1...
MikroTik FTP server (MikroTik 6.37.1) ready
Logging in...
Password requested by 192.168.1.1 for user "admin".
Password required for admin
Password: ***********************
User admin logged in
'HELP': command not understood
Logged in to chef.
ncftp / > put id_dsa.pub
id_dsa.pub: 600.00 B 958.98 kB/s
[admin@MikroTik] /user ssh-keys> import public-key-file=id_dsa.pub user=admin
[admin@MikroTik] /user ssh-keys>