I was following some guide to create key-pair for my remote linux system, one of the steps being copy the public key generated and saved on my local computer to the authorized-keys file on remote computer.
I tried ctrl + c and then ctrl + v to nano/vi editor in the "putty" window, but it doesn't work(nothing appears in the editor). Do I really have to manually type in the keys or there is some other way to copy and paste it?
How to copy text from window text editor to nano/vi in a Putty window
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Best Answer
You can of course use the mouse, but that runs the risk of accidentally selecting/pasting due to mouse-movement.
PuTTY recognizes ShiftInsert for pasting from the clipboard. This works reliably (key bounce is rare). You can also change the behavior of the right-click to get a menu, as noted in Greg Ferro's page.
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