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2. We suggest keeping the default settings as they are, so when you’re prompted to “Enter a file in which to save the key”, just press Enter to continue.

# Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/YOU/.ssh/id_rsa): [Press enter]

3. You’ll be asked to enter a passphrase.

# Enter passphrase: [Type a passphrase]
# Enter same passphrase again: [Type passphrase again]

4. After you enter a passphrase, you’ll be given the fingerprint, or id, of your ssh key. It will look something like this:

# Your identification has been saved in /Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa.
# Your public key has been saved in /Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
# The fingerprint is:
# 01:0f:f4:3b:ca:85:d6:17:a1:7d:f0:68:9d:f0:a2:db your_email@example.com

• DO NOT email us your fingerprint (in green above)
• Now you should have the following files (and perhaps more) in $HOME/.ssh:

pepper@teriyaki:~$ ls -l .ssh/
-rw-------   1 pepper  staff  1743 Dec 12  2008 .ssh/id_rsa
-rw-r--r--   1 pepper  staff   402 Dec 23  2008 .ssh/id_rsa.pub

5. Show your public key with the command:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 

6. Public Key Installation for New Accounts

If you are requesting a new account, paste your public key file id_rsa.pub into the account request form and we will install it for you:

 lski1907:.ssh perixj$ more id_rsa.pub ssh-rsa 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 juancerixn@gmail.com 

WARNING: Your private key file (id_rsa) is effectively a password, so be careful with it! Private keys should be kept secure, and should not be stored on insecure machines (or any multi-user machines, if possible). Check with our system administrators if you need to use a key in batch jobs.

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