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--- ssh_key_help [2014/03/27 10:39] – bguillon
+++ ssh_key_help [2016/12/12 10:24] (current) – [Windows] onicolas
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 # SSH key creation procedure
-This little guide is there to help you with the creation of your SSH key. This key will then be used for SSH connection to your personal account on the testbed.
+This little guide is there to help you with the creation of your SSH key. This key will then be used for SSH connections to your personal account on the testbed.
 ## Unix
 The SSH key generation is fairly straightforward on Unix systems:
-`you@yourpc:~$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f <output_keyfile>`
+<code>
+you@yourpc:~$ ssh-keygen -t rsa [-f <output_keyfile>]
+</code>
-Replace the value of `output_keyfile` with the desired destination path for the newly created key pair.
+The part in braces '[ ]' is optional and omitting it will generate key files at the default location ($HOME/.ssh/). If you wish to generate the keys at a different location, replace the value of `output_keyfile` with the desired destination path for the newly created key pair. Two files will be created:
-Two files will be created at the destination path:
 . The public key will have the *.pub* extension. This **is** the key that you will send us.
 . The private key should **never** be sent to anyone, even us, and remain secret.
-You can get more info about the `ssh-keygen` command in the **manpage** that can be found [there](http://www.delafond.org/traducmanfr/man/man1/ssh-keygen.1.html).
+You can get more info about the `ssh-keygen` command in the **manpage** (which can be found [here](http://www.delafond.org/traducmanfr/man/man1/ssh-keygen.1.html) for instance).
 ## Windows
-The SSH key generation can be a little bit more difficult on MS Windows, espacialy if you're not used to the quite crude Putty tool suite. Indeed, you need to use the Puttygen tool to generate a SSH key pair.
+The SSH key generation can be a little bit more difficult on MS Windows, especially if you're not used to the quite crude Putty tool suite. Indeed, you need to use the Puttygen tool to generate a SSH key pair.
 You can get Putty (the SSH client) and Puttygen (the key generation tool) from the author's [website](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html).
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-You should end up with two files, a public and a private keys:
+You should end up with two files, a public and a private key:
 . The public key will have the *.pub* extension. This **is** the key that you will send us.