From 8ec040bae0b6a601354973ae79cd2a87c68b519d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tekkub <tekkub@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 02:12:01 -0700
Subject: Key setup guide tweaks

---
 _posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile | 20 +++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 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 fc9f320..bf93f81 100644
--- a/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile
+++ b/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ h2. Backup and remove existing keys
 Unless this is your first time installing msys on your computer, you should double check that keys do not already exist.  If they do you can either use the existing key(s) or remove them.  In either case, you should make a backup of the keys.
 
 First check to see if a ssh key directory exists.
-<pre class="terminal">$ $ cd ~/.ssh
-</pre>
 
-If you get a "No such file or directory" error, you can skip the following step to back up the SSH key before generating a new keypair.
+<pre class="terminal">$ cd ~/.ssh</pre>
+
+If you get a "No such file or directory" error, you can skip to "Generating a key".
 
-<pre class="terminal">$ cd ~/.ssh
-$ ls
+<pre class="terminal">$ ls
 config  id_rsa  id_rsa.pub  known_hosts
 $ mkdir key_backup
 $ cp id_rsa* key_backup
@@ -57,20 +56,15 @@ Make sure you use the public key (@id_rsa.pub@ in our example), and do not add a
 
 h2. Testing things out
 
-Testing if our new key works is simple:
+Testing if our new key works is simple, we just ssh to github.  If this is the first time you're connecting you'll have to save the server's key.  You can confirm the fingerprint on the SSH keys tab of the "account settings page":https://github.com/account
 
 <pre class="terminal">$ ssh git@github.com
 The authenticity of host 'github.com (207.97.227.239)' can't be established.
 RSA key fingerprint is 16:27:ac:a5:76:28:2d:36:63:1b:56:4d:eb:df:a6:48.
-Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
-</pre>
-
-Respond with yes to confirm the first-time ssh connection to github:
-<pre class="terminal">yes
+Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
 Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,207.97.227.239' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
-Enter passphrase for key '/c/Users/tekkub/.ssh/id_rsa':
 ERROR: Hi tekkub! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access
 Connection to github.com closed.
 </pre>
 
-If you do not get the "successfully authenticated" message, check out the "troubleshooting guide":http://github.com/guides/addressing-authentication-problems-with-ssh.
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+If you do not get the "successfully authenticated" message, check out the "troubleshooting guide":http://github.com/guides/addressing-authentication-problems-with-ssh.
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