From 67ef7b2f0b77314626cd7d6acf6b339d6c07d8d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Expo on server Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 16:11:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] explain a couple of gotchas - online edit of handbook/computing/keyexchange.html --- handbook/computing/keyexchange.html | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/handbook/computing/keyexchange.html b/handbook/computing/keyexchange.html index 46c589345..2daed68c9 100644 --- a/handbook/computing/keyexchange.html +++ b/handbook/computing/keyexchange.html @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if not, then move them there: $ mv id_rsa_wsl* ~/.ssh -where id_rsa_wsl is the 'file in which to save the key' you specified above. + where id_rsa_wsl is the 'file in which to save the key' you specified above. (Other documentation may suggest that this file is called, e.g. 'anathema@mydevice'). But all the files int he .ssh folder must have secure access permissions, e.g. chmod 600 ~/.ssh/*

  • Check that the ssh agent process is running and fix it if it is not (full details of how to do this give at www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/agent) @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ give at www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/ and if the process is not running, start it like this -$ eval `ssh-agent` -$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_wsl + $ eval `ssh-agent`
    +$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_wsl
    $ ssh-add -l     ssh-add -l checks that the key is loaded and the process is running. Now try to login again @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ with ssh expo@expo.survex.com.

    If it still doesn't work, read the online documentation, start from scratch, and do it all again but this time using all the defaults and without trying to be clever. +

    MacOS

  • Erm, dunno...please fill in