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2. Run puttygen.exe.
3. Click “Generate”.
4. Move your mouse over the blank gray area. This generates random input that is used by the key generation algorithm.
5. Click “Save private key”.
6. Click “Yes” and save the file to your Desktop.
7. Copy the “Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file” value.
Installing your public key in GradesFirst
1. In GradesFirst, click the Admin tab. Then click “Configure SFTP”.
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Private key file: (For this value, please browse to the “.ppk” file you created when you generated your key)
File protocol: SFTP
4. Click “Login”
5. Click “Yes” to add the host key to the cache.
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