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If you will receive an error saying | If you will receive an error saying <code>No such file or directory</code> then, it means you don’t have an [[SSH]] key on your machine. So, move to the next step. Generate the [[SSH]] key pair on the Ubuntu client machine. To generate a new 4096 bits key pair with a user email address as a comment, execute the following command: | ||
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "user@email.com" | ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "user@email.com" | ||
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ssh-keygen | ssh-keygen | ||
If you run the above command | If you run the above command <code>ssh-keygen</code>, it generates a default 3072-bit RSA key pair. To save the SSH key on the default location in the <code>.ssh/</code> sub-directory, hit <code>Enter</code>. | ||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
*[https://linuxhint.com/generate-ssh-key-ubuntu/ linuxhint.com] | *[https://linuxhint.com/generate-ssh-key-ubuntu/ linuxhint.com] | ||
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