SSH using git - private and public key

Question

I'm new to ssh and having some trouble with using private and public keys to connect to host. Currently, I use simple syntax:

Plain SSH in git

ssh username@host

and it works like a charm, but now at my office, I don't have direct access to shell. I have to use private and public keys, I used putty/putty-Gen as well, but that didn't work out, is there any way that I could use git to connect to a server using private and public keys?

Answer 1

You need to authorize the public key contained on your office machine with your host.

Append the contents of your (office machine) ~/.ssh/<id>.pub to your (remote host) ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file