Document public key usage

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The only secure way to send your public key at the moment is to copy it,
open up an SSH session then open a text editor and paste it.

From the context menu for each key, can we have an option to securely send
a public key, that does something equivalent to "scp id_rsa.pub
remoteuser@remotehost:~/", I didn't even think of pasting it in a terminal
first time, so I pasted it into an unencrypted email to myself.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dreamsor...@gmail.com on 15 Jul 2009 at 4:18

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Well, we do have SSH agent support now, so you could presumably do:

ssh-add -L >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Original comment by kenny@the-b.org on 15 Jul 2009 at 7:19

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I think this could be addressed with a documentation change.

Original comment by kenny@the-b.org on 14 Aug 2009 at 11:33

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Component-Docs, Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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I just tried the command you gave above and get the error:
"Could not open a connection to your authentication agent."

Original comment by dreamsor...@gmail.com on 9 Sep 2009 at 7:24

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You have to have the 1.6-dev series and enable the SSH Agent for the specific 
host
entry you're trying it on.

Original comment by kenny@the-b.org on 9 Sep 2009 at 8:25

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Original comment by kenny@the-b.org on 17 Nov 2009 at 7:08

• Changed title: Document public key usage

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Issue 222 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by kenny@the-b.org on 17 Nov 2009 at 7:08