I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 on my machine. Now I want to use my existing ssh key on my machine, so that I can use GitHub with my previous activities.
How do I set this up?
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If you have a copy of your ssh keys (e.g., on a USB stick) then simply copy the key files to the ~/.ssh/ directory.
E.g.,
cp /path/to/my/key/id_rsa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
cp /path/to/my/key/id_rsa.pub ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
# change permissions on file
sudo chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
sudo chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
# start the ssh-agent in the background
eval $(ssh-agent -s)
# make ssh agent to actually use copied key
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Otherwise, you will need to create a new one and add it to your GitHub account https://help.github.com/articles/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account/. Be sure to remove the old key from GitHub while you're at it.
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If you don't already have a copy of the key, then you will need to create a new one and add it to your GitHub account help.github.com/articles/…– amcJun 14, 2016 at 17:41
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So, i have to create a new SSH key and add that to github, isn't it. and i have to delete the previous SSH key from github, i had created earlier.– smehsanJun 14, 2016 at 17:43
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yes, it sounds like you don't have a copy of you key files so you just need to make new ones and remove the old key.– amcJun 14, 2016 at 17:44
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1Just dropping a short note to mention that the permissions on both files need to be set to 600 eg. -rw------- example: chmod 600 id_rsa* The default file permissions for copy pasting them there won't work.– StrixyJul 1, 2018 at 21:37
Step 1: Give permission to ssh folder
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
Step 2: Give permission to ssh key files
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Step 3: Run the below command on the client machine, that will add the SSH key to the agent.
ssh-add
Now you can confirm with ssh-add -l (again on the client) that it was indeed added.
