# Save Copy the public key in (<code>id_rsa.pub</code> or <code>id_dsa.pub</code>) to a file named <code>''yourUserId''.pub</code> -- for example, if your Seneca user ID is "jldoe", save the key in the file <code>jldoe.pub</code> using a command such as: <code>cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ''jldoe''.pub</code># Attach that file to an e-mail message and send it to [mailto:chris.tyler@senecacollege.ca chris.tyler@senecacollege.ca] including the course code "SPO600" somewhere in the subject line.

An account will be created within a couple of few work days of sending the key.

{{Admon/tip|Check Your Key!|Your professor uses an automated script to create accounts, so the key must be valid , in the OpenSSH format, and correctly named in order to work successfully.}}