Activity Team/Git Tutorial: Difference between revisions
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The key will be stored as two files in the hidden <tt>.ssh</tt> directory. | The key will be stored as two files in the hidden <tt>.ssh</tt> directory. | ||
<tt>id_dsa.pub</tt> is your public key. <tt>id_dsa</tt> is your private key. Only you should have access to this private key. Access to the key will grant access to | <tt>id_dsa.pub</tt> is your public key. <tt>id_dsa</tt> is your private key. Only you should have access to this private key. Access to the key will grant access to GitHub in your name. For example, here is a list of files in the <tt>.ssh</tt> directory of user strom: | ||
ls -al ~/.ssh | ls -al ~/.ssh | ||
-rw------- 1 strom strom 668 2009-12-17 21:51 id_dsa | -rw------- 1 strom strom 668 2009-12-17 21:51 id_dsa | ||