[Trilug-ontopic] ssh - someone changed something and I have to change it back..

[Eric Christensen]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 15:49, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> I've removed openssh-server and openssh-client and reinstalled. No luck.
>
> You need to get the old unencrypted $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa file back.
>
> Or create a new one. If you don't want to cover up the encrypted
> key, then create a new RSA key instead (ssh-keygen -t rsa). Then
> you'll have two private keys in your $HOME/.ssh directory.
>
> --
> # ɹǝʇɹoԀ uɐl∀

Yeah, what uɐl∀ said.  It's not a difficult process but I don't have
it documented anywhere.  I can do this as soon as I get home, though,
if you can wait a couple of hours.

--Eric