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How to generate a dedicated SSH key
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Generate a dedicated SSH key

SSH key creation

This is an example for a personal MacbookAir, to connect github.com.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa,github.com -C "github,macbookair_perso"
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa,github.com

Then in ~/.ssh/config:

Host github.com
  Hostname github.com
  User mon_compte_github
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa,github.com

Others

Test SSH key

ssh -vT git@github.com

Reset passphrase

ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa,github.com -p
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