[PUTTY]How to append your public keys to the authorized_keys on the server

after you generate your keys using PUTTYGEN (http://troubleshoo.blogspot.com/2015/12/windowshow-to-create-public-private-key.html)
1. you should use the computer that is already able to connect to the server to download your authorized_keys file from the server.
Mine is stored at ~/.ssh/authorized_keys


2. Use a text editor to open the authorized_keys
 You should see all the keys stored there. The format is like this:

ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBAN+NX/rmUkRW7Xn7faglC/pxqbVIohbcVOt41VThMYORtMQr
QSqMZugxew2s9iX4qRowHWLBRci6404nSydLiDe1q6/NmpK+oQ8zD1yXekl+fruBAYeno7f6dM7c
2swwwXY6knp4umXkLItxIUki6SXM0WfabJ8BwuNDyA8IrbFAAAAFQCynEN3MYXbs4AA7E/1I03jb
B1rewAAAIAztzZUygrUI8XX6eE4zEHdTbv89AHYsAsf7fSAWnPxWc63dV0P5lCPNk58nze6+N+MD
X7ZQADT6710fvbOmEFLciTwBGHHLxIV+1iTApJSsQp9T+pdkbFzBZ+mqQamZpSN1hC8fXe/Uty0D
SbhnQ1qanwrOdKP1JV7DUgzehSfAAAAIEAwAyNYxUsGil46gZQea6sfhUnrBwyM6JnEbA6ogfGdS
T2TDn1U5rfTV9UuNHzfoZ4CplVHclXyUPPhbKqcedpuRPJhHN/lp5MH7Q2tI/UxHvmePNHrXKk86
XYt7RzKHjWbHRxf84GIyTlKa8yfNfFlf9oNXdtBXcsJjHIvNsBk= ThisIsAComment

3. you should use a texteditor to open your saved public key
you should see something like this:
---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY-----
*************************
********************
*********************
___ END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ---------

4. copy the text/key that I labeled using *****, and paste onto a new line of the authorized_keys file
5. update the file on the server.

Now your public key is added to the server

Read more for the public key format: https://wiki.mcs.anl.gov/IT/index.php/SSH_Keys:authorized_keys