Learn how to create and copy SSH keys using two simple commands. SSH keys provide a secure and convenient way to authenticate remote servers.

The basic was SSH runs is with keys, you create SSH keys in Mac OS X using the ssh-keygen command in Terminal. This feature looks at how to generate an SSH key pair in Terminal.

Because 1Password stores the SSH keys, it becomes easier, and less confusing, to manage keys over multiple devices.

However, for security, I'd like to disable password logins and only let people log in using SSH private keys. For the private key, I changed the file permissions since Terminal, unlike Putty in ...