OpenSSH_8.9p1 and public key authenticating

[neliasen]

hello guys
Where can I find some documentation for public key authentication and OpenSSH_8.9p1 ?
I have found some old stuff... but that appears to be all for the older version, and does not really correspond to the layout according "sshd_config" for OpenSSH_8.9p1 ...
regards Niels

[martinv]

Looking at the first line in my OpenSSH V8.9-1F's SSH$ROOT:[ETC]SSHD_CONFIG. which reads

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#       $OpenBSD: sshd_config,v 1.104 2021/07/02 05:11:21 dtucker Exp $

then googling for "OpenBSD sshd_config" and following the first hit, I find this which looks reasonable.

[neliasen]

hello
Actually ....
ran ssh_keygen which created the necessary files in the [.ssh] directory, and then copied the id_rsa.pub from my MacBook to [.ssh]AUTHORIZED_KEYS.
did the necessary set file/prot=(s:rwed,o:rwed,g,w) [.ssh]authorized_keys. ... and tada! login works!