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Leaky at 22:36, 10 November 2014

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Leaky: Generating an SSH key

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Generating an SSH key

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On a Mac running OSX, you should be able to generate an SSH key with just a few commands, and then copy it onto any servers you login to regularly.

Check for existing SSH keys

$ ls -la ~/.ssh/

If there's anything in there such as id_rsa or id_dsa, you already have an SSH key and you should be careful not to overwrite them. The -f parameter for ssh-keygen will specify an alternative filename to write!

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa_1

Once the key is generated (and be sure to protect it with a good passphrase), you can install it onto servers that you have password-based access to with this command.

$ ssh-copy-id ''user''@''servername''

Obviously replace ''user'' with your username on that server, and ''servername'' with the actual server name (or IP address).

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		+	== Setting Pageant (PuTTY key agent) to run on startup ==
		+
		+	Open Windows Explorer and navigate to
		+	%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
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		+	In Windows 10, simply click the down arrow to the right of the path and paste the above string in for direct navigation to the right folder.
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		+	Create a new Shortcut:
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		+	* Target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\pageant.exe" id_rsa.ppk second.ppk third.ppk
		+	* Start In: "%HOMEPATH%"
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		+	You can pre-load as many keys as you want. Simply add/remove additional .ppk files from the command line. You could also specify the full path to the .ppk file if it's not in your home directory.

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