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| author | tekkub <tekkub@gmail.com> | 2010-01-30 14:51:24 -0800 |
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| committer | tekkub <tekkub@gmail.com> | 2010-01-30 14:51:24 -0800 |
| commit | 7d866868f3c7e01e933692597e862f5364b5353e (patch) | |
| tree | 6000bf3e7badb66c32e592fa324684815a10c14f /_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile | |
| parent | 88c2980c378e1bed561809b543c379ced0ead2d4 (diff) | |
Keep our backup keys in the .ssh folder, it has specific permissions to protect the keys.
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| -rw-r--r-- | _posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile b/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile index 4ed627b..b73f7df 100644 --- a/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile +++ b/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile @@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ Unless this is your first time installing msys on your computer, you should doub <pre class="terminal">$ cd ~/.ssh $ ls config id_rsa id_rsa.pub known_hosts -$ cd .. -$ mkdir ssh_key_backup -$ cp .ssh/id_rsa* ssh_key_backup -$ rm .ssh/id_rsa*</pre> +$ mkdir key_backup +$ cp id_rsa* key_backup +$ rm id_rsa*</pre> -Here we have an existing keypair, @id_rsa@ and @id_rsa.pub@, which we've copied into @~/ssh_key_backup@ before removing. By default, ssh will use keys in @~/.ssh@ that are named @id_rsa@, @id_dsa@ or @identity@. +Here we have an existing keypair, @id_rsa@ and @id_rsa.pub@, which we've copied into @~/.ssh/key_backup@ before removing. By default, ssh will use keys in @~/.ssh@ that are named @id_rsa@, @id_dsa@ or @identity@. h2. Generating a key |