From 7d866868f3c7e01e933692597e862f5364b5353e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tekkub Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:51:24 -0800 Subject: Keep our backup keys in the .ssh folder, it has specific permissions to protect the keys. --- _posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to '_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile') 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
$ 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*
+$ mkdir key_backup +$ cp id_rsa* key_backup +$ rm id_rsa* -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 -- cgit v1.3.1