SSH is required for optional full Git access. Most Linux distributions automatically generate SSH keys for root and non-privileged users.

Login to your Linux box and check your home directory:

$ ls ~/.ssh/
id_rsa id_rsa.pub

All you have to do is send us a copy of id_rsa.pub if it already exists.


Generate id_rsa.pub if you don't have one yet. Below is an example of a user logged in as magie using ssh-keygen to generate SSH keys by simply pressing enter on all prompts:

$ ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/magie/.ssh/id_rsa):
Created directory '/home/magie/.ssh'.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/magie/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/magie/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
fc:31:7e:1e:cf:22:5e:e3:f7:50:f0:1d:e9:f7:a7:c3 magie@localhost
The key's randomart image is:

+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|                 |
|                .|
|              .o |
|       .      .oo|
|        S o    .=|
|         o o   .o|
|          o =.. o|
|          .=.=Eo.|
|         ...oo+o.|
+-----------------+

You will get a different fingerprint and random art image, of course. Check your home directory:

$ ls ~/.ssh/
id_rsa id_rsa.pub

The ~ translates to your home directory. So the full path is /home/psylocke/.ssh/id_rsa.pub if you are logged in as psylocke, /home/phoenix/.ssh/id_rsa.pub if you are logged in as phoenix, and so on.

Send us the newly generated id_rsa.pub file.