adding minor clarity to MacOS instructions - online edit of handbook/computing/keyexchange.html

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Buck Blake
2025-05-31 03:52:50 +01:00
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<h3>MacOS</h3>
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Macs already have OpenSSH installed, so all you have to do is open the terminal and type:</li>
Macs already have OpenSSH installed, so all you have to do is open the terminal and run this command:</li>
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ssh-keygen
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Now that your system has generated and saved the ssh keys, you may have to move them. Open Finder and go to /Users/you, then press cmnd+shift+. to see hidden files, which should allow you to see your .ssh file. Open it and check whether id_xxxxxx and id_xxxxxx.pub have been saved there. If they have not, find them and move them both here (they'll likely be in /Users/you).
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Next, send your public key (id_xxxxxx.pub) to a nerd and ask them to load it onto the public server. Once this is done, you can log into the server anytime by opening terminal and typing:
Next, send your public key (id_xxxxxx.pub) to a nerd and ask them to load it onto the public server. Once this is done, you can log into the server anytime by opening terminal and running:
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ssh expo@expo.survex.com