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If you will receive an error saying ~~“No~~ such file or ~~directory”~~ 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:

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:<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "user@email.com"

</syntaxhighlight>Or<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">

ssh-keygen

Or

</syntaxhighlight>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>.

ssh-keygen

If you run the above command ~~“ssh~~-~~keygen”~~, it generates a default 3072-bit RSA key pair. To save the SSH key on the default location in the ‘.ssh/ ’ sub-directory, hit ~~‘Enter’~~.

==Source==

*[https://linuxhint.com/generate-ssh-key-ubuntu/ linuxhint.com]

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-If you will receive an error saying “No such file or directory” 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:
+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:<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">
+ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "user@email.com"
- ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "user@email.com"
+</syntaxhighlight>Or<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">
+ssh-keygen
-Or
+</syntaxhighlight>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>.
- ssh-keygen
-If you run the above command “ssh-keygen”, it generates a default 3072-bit RSA key pair. To save the SSH key on the default location in the ‘.ssh/ ’ sub-directory, hit ‘Enter’.
 ==Source==
 *[https://linuxhint.com/generate-ssh-key-ubuntu/ linuxhint.com]
+[[Category:Security]]
+[[Category:Server]]
+[[Category:Web Server]]
+[[Category:Linux]]
+[[Category:Ubuntu]]
+[[Category:Tutorial]]