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System Administration Guide: Security Services

ProcedureHow to Change the Passphrase for a Solaris Secure Shell Private Key

The following procedure does not change the private key. The procedure changes the authentication mechanism for the private key, the passphrase. For more information, see the ssh-keygen(1) man page.

  1. Change your passphrase.

    Type the ssh-keygen command with the -p option, and answer the prompts.


    myLocalHost% ssh-keygen -p
Enter file which contains the private key (/home/jdoe/.ssh/id_rsa):<Press Return>
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): <Type passphrase>
Enter same passphrase again:   <Type passphrase>

    where -p requests changing the passphrase of a private key file.