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<li>That should generate output similar to the following:</li>
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::<prespan style="font-family:courier">Generating public/private rsa key pair.</span><br>::<span style="font-family:courier">Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user1/.ssh/id_rsa): </span> <br>::<span style="font-family:courier">Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): </span><br>::<span style="font-family:courier">Enter same passphrase again: </span><br>::<span style="font-family:courier">Your identification has been saved in /home/user1/.ssh/id_rsa.</span><br>::<span style="font-family:courier">Your public key has been saved in /home/user1/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.</span><br>::<span style="font-family:courier">The key fingerprint is:</span><br>::<span style="font-family:courier">93:58:20:56:72:d7:bd:14:86:9f:42:aa:82:3d:f8:e5 user1@centos2</prespan><br> <ol><li value="312"> After generating the keys it prompts you for the location to save the keys. The default is <code>~/.ssh</code> Your private key will be saved as <code>id_rsa</code> and your public key will be saved as <code>id_rsa.pub</code></li></ol>
{{Admon/tip | Lengthy Passphrases | You will then be prompted for a passphrase. The passphrase must be entered in order to use your private key. Passphrases are more secure than passwords and should be lengthy, hard to guess and easy to remember. For example one passphrase that meets this criteria might be "seneca students like fish at 4:00am". Avoid famous phrases such as "to be or not to be" as they are easy to guess. It is possible to leave the passphrase blank but this is dangerous. It means that if a hacker were able to get into your account they could then use your private key to access other systems you use.}}
