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PublicKeyOpenSSH method


Returns public key in OpenSSH format.

Type

A String value

Syntax

  • Basic
object.PublicKeyOpenSSH(KeyType)
The PublicKeyOpenSSH(object,KeyType) syntax has these parts:
objectAn expression evaluating to an object of type Keys.
KeyTypeRequired. A SSHKeyTypes enumeration, as described in settings. Type of the key.

Remarks

PublicKeyOpenSSH will return string information that represents stored public key in format suitable for OpenSSH servers. Typically, it will look like this:

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEA8AYkMFyO5RLtAtWh5/NeveIh4vv6l/p1V5gKhfnj8uz36KrEEMn..............

You can easily paste contents of this property to file on your server system that keeps public keys. Usually, this is -/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file.

Platforms

Cross platform