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Easy way to transfer a private key to another machine?

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Mar 15, 20266035 views
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ssh-copy-id makes it easy to transfer a public key to a remote machine. Is there any equivalent tool for moving a private key? update Don't do this! (see answer)

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Good practice says that you shouldn't copy private keys from one machine to another. When you need access from a new client machine, create a new key on that machine, and set up the corresponding public key in your file on the server. Doing this all…

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