Difference between revisions of "Creating your ssh keys (private/public)"

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To create your public/private keys

Windows users

open the Git Bash window

Linux users

open any terminal application

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@example.com"
# Enter file in which to save the key
# Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
# Enter passphrase again

replace the "your_email@example.com" with your actual email address. You can use the default for the file name to generate the key.

Copy the key to your a file with yourName.pub

For example:

cp .ssh/id_rsa.pub steve.pub

Send the key to steve@gaslightmedia.com. Also note in the email message which machine this was from.