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mathildemerle edited this page Dec 13, 2019 · 3 revisions

PuTTY

Description

PuTTY is a SSH client.

Usage

As part of medInria PuTTY generates the SSH keys. SSH keys are essential for 'private parties' of medInria and greatly facilitate exchanges with Github.

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Installation

Process

Follow the default PuTTY installation.

Post installation

In a console in the current user's directory, run the mkdir .ssh command


Run PuTTYgen.



Generate a public / private key pair by clicking Generate, then swipe in the Key box.


Enter a passphrase and copy / paste the OpenSSH public key into your github account if you have one.


Save the keys in the .ssh folder



Warning

It is important to be consistent in the names of the keys.

Next installation

Next installation is Git for Windows.
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