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and give some hints on how keys may be converted or written in the old format. OpenBSD-Commit-ID: 9c90a9f92eddc249e07fad1204d0e15c8aa13823
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.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.152 2018/12/07 03:33:18 djm Exp $
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.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.153 2019/01/22 11:00:15 djm Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd $Mdocdate: December 7 2018 $
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.Dd $Mdocdate: January 22 2019 $
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.Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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If the passphrase is lost or forgotten, a new key must be generated
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and the corresponding public key copied to other machines.
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.Pp
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For keys stored in the newer OpenSSH format,
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there is also a comment field in the key file that is only for
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convenience to the user to help identify the key.
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The comment can tell what the key is for, or whatever is useful.
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.Nm
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will by default write keys in an OpenSSH-specific format.
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This format is preferred as it offers better protection for
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keys at rest as well as allowing storage of key comments within
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the private key file itself.
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The key comment may be useful to help identify the key.
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The comment is initialized to
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.Dq user@host
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when the key is created, but can be changed using the
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.Fl c
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option.
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.Pp
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It is still possible for
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.Nm
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to write the previously-used PEM format private keys using the
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.Fl m
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flag.
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This may be used when generating new keys, and existing new-format
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keys may be converted using this option in conjunction with the
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.Fl p
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(change passphrase) flag.
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.Pp
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After a key is generated, instructions below detail where the keys
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should be placed to be activated.
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.Pp
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