[ale] SSH Keys
James P. Kinney III
jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Sat Jun 17 17:51:54 EDT 2006
On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 15:22 -0400, Brandon Colbert wrote:
> Can I reset the passphrase for a key even if I do not no the current
> one, or do I have to create new pri/pub keys with a new passphrase?
>
You will need to generate a new key. To be able to bypass the passphrase
on the key would defeat the security of the key completely by making it
possible to hijack an ssh connection session.
> Someone I work with seem to forgot the passphrase.
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