ssh_key_files.md

Authentication

.netrc (for svn)

1. Create ~/.netrc with your WatIAM credentials to log into the SVN server

    machine ecesvn.uwaterloo.ca login <USERNAME> password <PASSWORD>
   

2. Set the correct permissions on ~/.netrc (Note: This won't save you from untrusted sysadmins on that box.)

    $ chmod 0600 ~/.netrc
   

SSH keys (for git)

1. Create a password-less SSH key for use for mirroring

   $ ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa_os499_github
   

2. Add the contents of the public key to a GitHub account with R/W access to the OS 499 repositories (presumably yours, although a separate bot account would theoretically do). (Don't forget the .pub. :)

   $ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa_os499_github.pub
   ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDFJoUl9JvSemQWZVMNlw8bT8WqUel+Lq90MIFg6uaFi8yn0QX8tT8YmDrh8g4pmIkX1vFuJCh2H397//Ff19QoLFze4kz5kRpML8qniW2SF/qmGyKn34PaUnhAuoJPFXiNq3JcIg8Qx8wdwNMpSjUvMGemFcwZYgGUDdwhsu1pV7tz47fDNcBW9WSl+bO0rG+xNFWMALiaVb71s8mqjCjiPoQVJblvyE0iuBdhk8kY7IaiFUx/b73BWS2elfpmLCvtMoo0DKVF4elo5YcirllD6IMqO44YYkjQRdYngaz5gmbXGLOJKD5P+WouTKcH08Oww2VhJwrsfTbb2AKGprTJ michael@paprika
   

3. Create or amend ~/.ssh/config to enable automated login with the correct key

   Host os499mirror
   User git
   Hostname github.com
   IdentityFile /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa_os499_github
   

4. Set the correct permissions on ~/.ssh/config

   $ chmod 0600 ~/.ssh/config