In order to use your public key, you must transfer the Identity.pub (or whatever name you chose) file created by the Key Generation wizard to the individual user's folder under the Publickey folder on the VShell server . For example:

C:\Program files\VShell\Publickey\%User%\Identity.pub

If you are not using VShell® version 2.1 or newer and want to configure a VShell server to recognize your Identity.pub file, it is recommended that you follow the procedure below for using copy-and-paste operations to create a copy of the Identity.pub file in the Publickey folder on the remote machine.

To use copy-and-paste operations to configure the VShell server to recognize your Identity.pub file:

1.   Using a terminal emulator (such as VanDyke Software's SecureCRT®), log on to the remote VShell server using SSH2 and password authentication .

2.   On the local machine, use Notepad.exe to open the Identity.pub file that was created with the SecureFX Key Generation wizard.

3.   With the Identity.pub file open in Notepad, the Edit menu and choose Select All. Once everything is selected, open the Edit menu again and select Copy.

4.   On the remote machine, complete the following steps:

a.   Change to the individual user's folder under the Publickey folder. For example:

\Program files\VShell\Publickey\%User%

b.   Type copy con identity.pub on the command line and press the ENTER key.

c.   Paste the contents of the Clipboard (which should now contain the contents of your Identity.pub file).

d.   Press CTRL+Z ENTER to close the Identity.pub file. Once you have typed CTRL+Z ENTER, the Identity.pub file will have been created in the folder on the remote VShell server.

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