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About This Document>>     Installing SSH Tectia Client >>     Getting Started >>     Configuring SSH Tectia Client >>         Defining Profile Settings >>         Defining Global Settings >>             Defining the Appearance             Selecting the Font             Defining Messages             Authenticating Users             Managing Keys             Managing Custom Keys             Managing Certificates             Using SSH Accession Lite             Managing PKCS #11 Providers             Authenticating Servers             Managing Host Keys             Managing CA Certificates             Defining LDAP Servers             Defining Advanced File Transfer Options             Defining File Transfer Mode             Defining Proxy Settings             Defining Security Settings             Printing         Editing the Configuration Files >>         Using Command-Line Options         Customizing the User Interface>>     Connecting to a Remote Host Computer>>     Transferring Files>>     Tunneling Applications>>     GUI Reference>>     Troubleshooting >>     Command-Line Tools >>

Managing Custom Keys

Users can be authenticated using custom keys. Define the key location on the Custom Keys page of the Settings dialog.

Figure : The Custom Keys page

Custom keys can also be defined for the command-line client with IdentityKeyFile in the ssh2_config configration file, found in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SSH directory, and global.dat configuration file, found in the Client installation directory.

The corresponding public key of the SSH Tectia or OpenSSH private key which is specified with the IdentityKeyFile configuration option or command-line option -K is offered to the server before private keys specified in the identification file.