reset ssh keys, even if only a public key in fedora?
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Wed Aug 20 17:06:22 UTC 2008
Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
> 2008/8/19 Felix Schwarz <felix.schwarz at oss.schwarz.eu>:
>> Patrice Dumas schrieb:
>>> I just received the reset password mail, and it asks me to reset my ssh
>>> key by doing ssh-keygen. However, if I recall well I only uploaded my public
>>> key to the fedora server. Why would I want to reset my key pair?
>> #fedora-admin:
>> (17:40:55) mmcgrath: mpdehaan: well, couple of reasons.
>> (17:41:16) mmcgrath: mpdehaan: 1) we removed all the keys as an affective
>> way of disabling access everywhere while we're working
>> (17:41:42) mmcgrath: and 2) we decided it wasn't a bad idea to have people
>> fix it on their own, it helps with stuff like pruning, etc.
>
> So, does this mean we can re-upload the *same* public key as before,
> or do we need to generate a new one?
Generating a new one is recommended.
Rahul
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