Create New SSH Keys on Mac OSX Sierra

osx, ssh

Generate new keys osx sierra

ssh-keygen -t rsa

Set permissions

sudo chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Check newly created key

ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Copy public key to clipboard

pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Copy public SSH key to a remote account

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