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   - It is very easy to generate the key pair from a command line.  Using the menu interface in a GUI-based application is slightly more complicated.   - It is very easy to generate the key pair from a command line.  Using the menu interface in a GUI-based application is slightly more complicated.
   - Once you have an appropriate key pair, you can use the same private key on different workstations, different operating systems and different ssh clients - it is simply a matter of providing the client with the appropriate key.     - Once you have an appropriate key pair, you can use the same private key on different workstations, different operating systems and different ssh clients - it is simply a matter of providing the client with the appropriate key.  
-  - Command-line ssh clients generally store the keys in the $HOME/.ssh directory or its equivalent +  - Command-line ssh clients generally store the keys in the $HOME/.ssh directory or its equivalent. 
-  - ssh clients with GUIs, such as MobaXterm or BitVise, need to be configured appropriately+  - ssh clients with GUIs, such as MobaXterm or BitVise, need to be configured appropriately (free versions are fine).
   - Windows users can choose from a wide range of ssh clients.  CHPC staff members prefer MobaXterm and prefer not to support PuTTY or WinSCP.  If you need software that can offer more powerful menu-based file transfers as well as a command line terminal, consider BitVise.   - Windows users can choose from a wide range of ssh clients.  CHPC staff members prefer MobaXterm and prefer not to support PuTTY or WinSCP.  If you need software that can offer more powerful menu-based file transfers as well as a command line terminal, consider BitVise.
   - In Unix-like operating systems like Linux or Cygwin, the permissions of the key files and authorized_keys are important.  The user must have read and write access to these files and there must be no other permissions.  The permission of a file such as authorized_keys can be set correctly with ''chmod 0600 authorized_keys''.    - In Unix-like operating systems like Linux or Cygwin, the permissions of the key files and authorized_keys are important.  The user must have read and write access to these files and there must be no other permissions.  The permission of a file such as authorized_keys can be set correctly with ''chmod 0600 authorized_keys''. 
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 ==== Video tutorial for Windows users ==== ==== Video tutorial for Windows users ====
-The MobaXterm command line method illustrated in [[https://youtu.be/i70Bq72Cw2g|this video]] is nearly identical to the method used for Linux and MacOS.+The MobaXterm command line method illustrated in [[https://youtu.be/Fq6xT-KjlQ0|this video]] is nearly identical to the method used for Linux and MacOS.
  
  
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