Lionel, I use Windows as little as possible, but having tried most of the Windows ssh/sftp GUI clients, I would suggest that you look at the free Bitvise ( http://bitvise.com) ssh/sftp client.
- it includes a nice interface that gives you both ssh shell and sftp using the same connection. - you can do all kinds of stuff with client and host keys: create, import, export - it works nicely with Co:Z SFTP in data set space (using "/-/" prefixes), and you can even dynamically change settings from the (/+) folder. BTW: we like a desktop password/key manager on Linux and Windows called "Keypass2" and it has an add on for ssh keys. Once you unlock your safe with a strong password, your ssh keys are available (using the SSH agent or PAGENT protocols) to ssh/sftp desktop clients. With "ssh agent forwarding", you can then use this for chained ssh connections. We also use a script on linux for password-less x3270 logins over ssh, but that's another story :-) On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 7:56 AM Lionel B Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > John - thank you - I've got the authorized_keys file in place which allows > me to use ssh/sftp from windows to z/OS without being prompted for a > password. > > I've not figured out the correct incantation to get filezilla/winscp/putty > to honor it however. > > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what > you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of John S. Giltner, Jr. > Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 7:52 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Using SSH and SFTP from Windows to z/OS using authorized_keys > ??? > > I think somehow you might be able to do this in RACF, but we don't. > > Your public key on the Windows host needs to be added to the file > "authorized_keys". Needs to be in your home directory on the z/OS system > in the .ssh sub-directory. So if your home is "/home/lbdyck" on z/OS this > would be /home/lbdyck/.ssh/authorized_keys > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
