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+#! /bin/bash
+################################################################################
+#
+# Copyright 2020 highstreet technologies GmbH and others
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+################################################################################
+# Script to enable SSH publicKey authentication in the localhost NETCONF server
+
+sleep 5
+
+SSH_PUB_KEY="$(cat /home/netconf/.ssh/id_dsa.pub| awk '{print $2}')"
+
+echo '<system xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system"><authentication><user><name>netconf</name><authorized-key><name>ssh_key</name><algorithm>ssh-dss</algorithm>' >> load_auth_pubkey.xml
+echo '<key-data>'"$SSH_PUB_KEY"'</key-data></authorized-key></user></authentication></system>' >> load_auth_pubkey.xml
+
+sysrepocfg --merge=load_auth_pubkey.xml --format=xml ietf-system
+rm load_auth_pubkey.xml
+
+ssh-keyscan -p 830 127.0.0.1 >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+
+echo 'Done'
+exit 0
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