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SSH Key Setup


On
a
Mac,
use
Terminal 
/ On a PC, use PowerShell (run as administrator)

or install WSL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install


  1. Open a command prompt and use the following command:
    • ssh-keygen -t ecdsa


  • Hit enter through all the prompts to keep defaultst,defaults, then run

    • Do not set a passphrase

    • cat ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa.pub to show your public key.


  • Then select the entire key and copy it


  • Go to https://selfservice.grit.ucsb.edu/?action=changesshkey


  • Enter your GRIT AD username, and password, then paste the copied public key from the previous step into the field, and submit


    • Open a command prompt in the terminal app (Applicaitons/Utilities/Terminal) and use the following command:
    ssh-keygen -t ecdsa


    Hit enter through all the prompts to keep defaultst, then run
     cat ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa.pub to show your public key.


    Then select the entire key and copy it


    Go to https://selfservice.grit.ucsb.edu/?action=changesshkey


    Enter your GRIT AD username, and password, then paste the copied public key from the previous step into the field, and submit

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