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May 1, 2018 05:46
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Generate keypair, add to MacOS Keychain, Copy to the Clipboard
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Create the keypair, choosing a new passphrase when you do:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsaAdd the newly minted private key to your MacOS Keychain to store the passphrase and manage unlocking it automagically:
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsaCopy the public key to the clipboard for getting busy with web services like GitHub, etc.
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopyAdd your newly minted public key to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file of the remote server with correct permissions of both the remote ~/.ssh folder (700) and ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (600). W0rd.