SSH configuration

SSH (the Secure Shell) is a protocol for conducting a secure session over a non-secure network. Z and I Emulator for Web supports SSH for VT Display sessions and File Transfer (sftp) sessions.

User ID Show Banner Enable KeyStore File Path KeyStore File Password Select File Public Key Alias Public Key Alias Password Export Public Key Password

User ID The user ID to be used for this SSH session. This ID is used for Public-Key, Keyboard-Interactive and Password Authentications. The default is no user ID. If no user ID is specified then Z and I Emulator for Web will prompt the user for a user ID before starting the session.

Note For a VT Display session the User ID and Password fields are on the SSH configuration window.
For an FTP/sftp session the User ID and Password fields are on the Logon configuration window.

Show Banner To show the banner text received from the ssh server on the screen. Default option is Yes (Shows banner text)

Enable Enables public-key authentication. Notice that, in contrast to public-key authentication, keyboard-interactive and password authentications are always enabled. The reason is that keyboard-interactive and password authentications are used when public-key authentication fails or when public-key authentication is not enabled.

KeyStore File Path The path and name of the keystore file on the client workstation containing the client's public and private keys. The default is no path or name. If no path or name is specified then Z and I Emulator for Web will search for the file .keystore in the path specified in the Java system property user.home.

KeyStore File Password The password required to open the keystore file on the client workstation. The default is no password. If no password is specified then Z and I Emulator for Web will prompt the user for a password before starting the session.

Select File Opens a window that allows you to browse for the keystore file to be used.

Public Key Alias Alias for the public-private key pair to be used in this session. A keyword alias is a descriptive string used to identify the key. The default alias is mykey.

Public Key Alias Password The password required to read the public key information from the keystore.

  • If no password is specified then Z and I Emulator for Web will attempt to read the public key information using a null password (no password).
  • If the attempt to read the public key information using a null password fails then Z and I Emulator for Web will attempt to read the public key information using the same password as is specified in the KeyStore Password field above.
  • If the attempt to read the public key information using the KeyStore Password fails then Z and I Emulator for Web will prompt the user for the password.

Export Public Key Launches the Export Public Key utility. See Export public key.

Password The password to be used for password authentication for the client. The default is no password. If no password is specified then Z and I Emulator for Web will prompt the user for the password before starting the session.

Note For a VT Display session the User ID and Password fields are on the SSH configuration window.
For an FTP/sftp session the User ID and Password fields are on the Logon configuration window.

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