Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of faq/public-private-key-generation


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Timestamp:
Dec 1, 2008, 6:31:38 PM (17 years ago)
Author:
Jack Aponte
Comment:

added info about mkdir error

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     51After issuing that command you may see the following error message:
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     53{{{
     54mkdir: cannot create directory `.ssh': File exists
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     57That simply means that the .ssh directory already existed, which is a common setting for May First accounts. This shouldn't affect the functioning of your keys.
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    5159=== On Windows, Mac OS X or Linux (using a graphical program) ===
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