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Commit d17945bb authored by Felix Eckhofer's avatar Felix Eckhofer
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Remove misleading `ssh-dsa`

The keytype field is actually `ssh-dss` for DSA keys and they will not
be stored as `id_rsa.pub`.

Note that newer version of ssh actually also support
`ecdsa-sha2-nistp256` and others so it is also misleading to assume the
field always starts with `ssh-`.
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ already has one by running the following command:
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
```
 
If you see a long string starting with `ssh-rsa` or `ssh-dsa`, you can skip the `ssh-keygen` step.
If you see a long string starting with `ssh-rsa`, you can skip the `ssh-keygen` step.
 
Note: It is a best practice to use a password for an SSH key, but it is not
required and you can skip creating a password by pressing enter. Note that
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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
```
 
Copy-paste the key to the 'My SSH Keys' section under the 'SSH' tab in your
user profile. Please copy the complete key starting with `ssh-` and ending
user profile. Please copy the complete key starting with `ssh-rsa` and ending
with your username and host.
 
To copy your public key to the clipboard, use code below. Depending on your
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