Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of faq/public-private-key-generation


Ignore:
Timestamp:
Nov 26, 2008, 7:57:08 PM (17 years ago)
Author:
Jack Aponte
Comment:

Added the colon to the end of the scp command and clarified the instructions

Legend:

Unmodified
Added
Removed
Modified

  • faq/public-private-key-generation

    v6 v7  
    3838
    3939{{{
    40 scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub USER@SERVER
     40scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub USER@SERVER:
    4141}}}
     42
     43Don't forget to include the colon after your server name or the command won't work. If you've executed the command correctly, you'll be prompted for your password and after entering it will see the progress for the file transfer.
    4244
    4345Now, create a directory on the server on which you want to use your key and add your key to the authorized_keys file: