How to Copy SSH public keys from Windows to Ubuntu

1. EDIT  Download  cmder  or use your favorite console emulator. Move your public key (id_rsa.pub) and your private key (id_rsa) to  C:\Users\yourUserName\.ssh\  create the .ssh folder if needed. 

 2. On your windows host via cmder: 

 cp C:\Users\yourUserName\.ssh\id_rsa.pub C:\Users\yourUserName\authorized_keys 

   

 3.  On your ubuntu host: 

 service ssh status  Start sshd if necessary 

   

 mkdir ~/.ssh/  

   

 (if it doesn't already exist) 

 4.  On your Windows host via cmder: 

 cd C:\Users\yourUserName\ 

 scp authorized_keys login-id@ubuntu-Host-Ip:~/.ssh 

 5.  On your Ubuntu host: 

 chmod 700 ~/.ssh

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys 

 6.  On your Windows host via cmder: 

 Test if you can ssh into your ubuntu host without login/pw auth. If yes: 

   

 rm C:\Users\yourUserName\authorized_keys