Sorry just repeating my question as it might have got lost in the thread: It seems if you add a new ssh key into seahorse it always generates a file called "id_rsa.pub" and "id_rsa", renaming old ones to .1 etc, is that correct?
When you generate your keys is it always done as the user you are logged in as? For example my user name on my machine might be "curtis" but I may want to create a username login on my friends machine as "support" is that possible and still able to generate a key? Thanks On 25 March 2011 11:04, Tyler J. Wagner <ty...@tolaris.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 10:22 +0000, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 25 March 2011 09:41, Jon Spriggs <j...@sprig.gs> wrote: > > > You can share the same private key around all the machines you own and > > > trust, > > > > That's not wise. If you put your private key on all your machines you > > trust then I only need to break into one of them to gain access to > > every machine your public key is on, and you will have to revoke that > > one key, meaning you can't ssh to anywhere until you generate new > > keys. > > Indeed. Seconded. Concur, wholeheartedly. > > Just put all the keys in one authorized_keys file and copy that around. > > Regards, > Tyler > > -- > "Privacy has to be viewed in the context of relative power. For example, > the government has a lot more power than the people. So privacy for > the government increases their power and increases the power imbalance > between government and the people; it decreases liberty. Forced openness > in government – open government laws, Freedom of Information Act > filings, the recording of police officers and other government officials, > WikiLeaks – reduces the power imbalance between government and the > people, and increases liberty." > -- Bruce Schneier > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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