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| author | Felix Eckhofer <felix@eckhofer.com> | 2016-01-05 13:01:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Felix Eckhofer <felix@eckhofer.com> | 2016-01-05 13:04:49 +0100 |
| commit | d17945bb4ef0750f546a9dea79df1abf4ef140a5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5cb6e3601684280dc7a86f1d55662140efe229e2 /doc | |
| parent | aa3c7219e3b82e815023f8e2b8fccaf600b41e2b (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-d17945bb4ef0750f546a9dea79df1abf4ef140a5.tar.gz | |
Remove misleading `ssh-dsa`
The keytype field is actually `ssh-dss` for DSA keys and they will not
be stored as `id_rsa.pub`.
Note that newer version of ssh actually also support
`ecdsa-sha2-nistp256` and others so it is also misleading to assume the
field always starts with `ssh-`.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ssh/README.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ssh/README.md b/doc/ssh/README.md index fe5b45dd432..64795233e41 100644 --- a/doc/ssh/README.md +++ b/doc/ssh/README.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ already has one by running the following command: cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ``` -If you see a long string starting with `ssh-rsa` or `ssh-dsa`, you can skip the `ssh-keygen` step. +If you see a long string starting with `ssh-rsa`, you can skip the `ssh-keygen` step. Note: It is a best practice to use a password for an SSH key, but it is not required and you can skip creating a password by pressing enter. Note that @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ``` Copy-paste the key to the 'My SSH Keys' section under the 'SSH' tab in your -user profile. Please copy the complete key starting with `ssh-` and ending +user profile. Please copy the complete key starting with `ssh-rsa` and ending with your username and host. To copy your public key to the clipboard, use code below. Depending on your |