Step 2: Generate a new SSH key

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can't finish generating ssh key

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I want to generate ssh key for github.

I follow their documentation at Generating SSH Keys.

I did all steps extends last:

xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Copies the contents of the id_rsa.pub file to your clipboard

here is my tries:

nazar@nazar-desctop:~/.ssh$ ls -lag

total 16

drwxr-xr-x  2 nazar 4096 Dec 21 16:28 .

drwxr-xr-x 39 nazar 4096 Dec 21 16:17 ..

-rw-------  1 nazar 1766 Dec 21 16:28 ssh-add id_rsa

-rw-r--r--  1 nazar  404 Dec 21 16:28 ssh-add id_rsa.pub

nazar@nazar-desctop:~/.ssh$ xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

bash: /home/nazar/.ssh/id_rsa.pub: No such file or directory

Why does this happen?

How to solve this trouble?

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answered 2 Years ago polcomposte · Accepted Answer

You have missed one instruction in step 2 (emphasis mine):

Step 2: Generate a new SSH key

To generate a new SSH key, enter the code below. We want the default
settings so when asked to enter a file in which to save the key, just
press enter.
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

# Creates a new ssh key, using the provided email as a label

# Generating public/private rsa key pair.

# Enter file in which to save the key (/home/you/.ssh/id_rsa):

$ ssh-add id_rsa

The command ssh-keygen -t rsa -C [email protected] creates a new RSA key file with the text [email protected] in the comment section. When the command is invoked, you are asked to supply the file name. Pressing Enter in this case will use the default (/home/you/.ssh/id_rsa).

The command thereafter (ssh-add id_rsa) adds the key file to the SSH agent daemon such that you only have to enter the password once a session. (see the manual pages of ssh-add and ssh-agent).

To "recover" from this mistake, you can either remove the files ssh-add id_rsa and ssh-add id_rsa.pub and start over or rename it:

mv ~/.ssh/ssh-add id_rsa ~/.ssh/id_rsa

mv ~/.ssh/ssh-add id_rsa.pub ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub