From 1756da83d19f605c8ae24f64407b416e87d15f10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emyll Almonte Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 12:23:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account.md (#1683) Specifying that the SSH key to copy is the public one. Co-authored-by: hubwriter --- .../adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account.md b/content/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account.md index 4e7c469113dc..668b00c955f6 100644 --- a/content/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account.md +++ b/content/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account.md @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ After adding a new SSH key to your {% data variables.product.product_name %} acc {% mac %} -1. Copy the SSH key to your clipboard. +1. Copy the SSH public key to your clipboard. - If your SSH key file has a different name than the example code, modify the filename to match your current setup. When copying your key, don't add any newlines or whitespace. + If your SSH public key file has a different name than the example code, modify the filename to match your current setup. When copying your key, don't add any newlines or whitespace. ```shell $ pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub @@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ After adding a new SSH key to your {% data variables.product.product_name %} acc {% windows %} -1. Copy the SSH key to your clipboard. +1. Copy the SSH public key to your clipboard. - If your SSH key file has a different name than the example code, modify the filename to match your current setup. When copying your key, don't add any newlines or whitespace. + If your SSH public key file has a different name than the example code, modify the filename to match your current setup. When copying your key, don't add any newlines or whitespace. ```shell $ clip < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ After adding a new SSH key to your {% data variables.product.product_name %} acc {% linux %} -1. Copy the SSH key to your clipboard. +1. Copy the SSH public key to your clipboard. - If your SSH key file has a different name than the example code, modify the filename to match your current setup. When copying your key, don't add any newlines or whitespace. + If your SSH public key file has a different name than the example code, modify the filename to match your current setup. When copying your key, don't add any newlines or whitespace. ```shell $ sudo apt-get install xclip