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Where is my SSH private key so i can use it to login Xbian via FileZilla? - postcd - 20th Apr, 2023 04:52 AM
Hello,
I have successfully setup password-less SSH access from my Debian user PC to Xbian root account PC (using ssh-keygen and ssh-copy-id), but when i want to do the same for FileZilla manager (in order to connect Xbian server), it wants path to PEM or PPK file, yet some tutorials says it can accept OpenSSH priv. key file and convert it. So i am trying to find the location of such file on Xbian (since i have SSH password less access already it should be somewhere?). Where it is please?
Quote:root@xbian ~ # ls -A1 /etc/ssh /root/.ssh
/etc/ssh:
moduli
ssh_config
ssh_config.d
sshd_config
sshd_config.d
ssh_host_ecdsa_key
ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub
ssh_host_ed25519_key
ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
ssh_host_rsa_key
ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
/root/.ssh:
authorized_keys
known_hosts
root@xbian ~ # find / -name id_*
/usr/share/perl5/DateTime/Locale/id_ID.pod
/usr/share/i18n/locales/id_ID
/etc/request-key.d/id_resolver.conf
root@xbian ~ # grep -v "#" /etc/ssh/sshd_config|grep .
Include /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/*.conf
PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
UsePAM yes
X11Forwarding yes
PrintMotd no
AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
UPDATE: !!!!!!!
I have found that i need to enter private key of local computer, not one of a remote Xbian server. So i entered /home/myusername/.ssh/id_rsa (had it there already because ran ssh-keygen in the past)
RE: Where is my SSH private key so i can use it to login Xbian via FileZilla? - gkusiak - 21st Apr, 2023 03:05 AM
My -possibly incorrect- understanding of FileZilla is that you need the manager software on the "server"...which would imply client software on your xbian machine.
Samba has been part of kodi for...ever, or close to it IIRC. there are also addons for kodi that let you watch from various sources, including NAS/similar (Plex? emby? Jellyfin?)
I seem to think you may be making your life more difficult than it needs to be - I'd say that things are probably already in place for what you're hoping to accomplish. I've embraced the "everything is available" mindset and subscribed to RealDebrid- why pay for local storage when you can basically watch anything anytime from somebody else's cloud?
RE: Where is my SSH private key so i can use it to login Xbian via FileZilla? - postcd - 21st Apr, 2023 03:30 AM
I do not think You have understood my aim. It is to use SFTP (SSH) to conveniently browse and download files from Xbian using GUI app (FileZilla). Xbian does not need any special software for FileZilla to work. SSH is sufficing. Only issue is where is that private key data, as i have asked.
RE: Where is my SSH private key so i can use it to login Xbian via FileZilla? - grandcanyon - 26th Apr, 2023 01:46 PM
In FileZilla Pro->Settings.. select Connection->SFTP
Press the Add key file… button
Press Command-Shift-G to bring up a path selection window and type “~/.ssh”
Select the “id_rsa” key file or the name of the file you are using and click Open (this imports the key)
Click OK to close the Settings dialog
Open File->Site Manager…
Select the site with which you want to use the key
Choose Protocol “SFTP” and select Logon Type “Normal”. Don’t worry about a password if you key file doesn’t have a password, if it has one set it here.
Click Connect and you’ll see your files
RE: Where is my SSH private key so i can use it to login Xbian via FileZilla? - postcd - 28th Apr, 2023 12:59 AM
(26th Apr, 2023 01:46 PM)grandcanyon Wrote: Select the “id_rsa” key file or the name of the file you are using and click Open (this imports the key)
I know, but where do i get it on Xbian as i described in my OP, it was not found even i am using key-based access currently and "PermitRootLogin prohibit-password" in sshd_config.
Found solution: because i do not know how SSH keys exactly works, i thought that i needed to enter private key of the remote server (Xbian) to which FileZilla is connecting, but instead it accepted my local key /home/myusername/.ssh/id_rsa