Merge pull request mattmakai#182 from peterwwillis/patch-1

mattmakai · web-flow · commit 22f94b2f4ebf · 2018-08-04T11:16:16.000-04:00
Secure the password encryption of ssh key
diff --git a/content/posts/170214-create-ssh-keys-ubuntu.markdown b/content/posts/170214-create-ssh-keys-ubuntu.markdown
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ Optionally, you can also specify your email address with `-C` (otherwise
 one will be generated off your current Linux account):
 
 ```bash
-ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C my.email.address@company.com
+ssh-keygen -o -t rsa -b 4096 -C my.email.address@company.com
 ```
 
+(Note: the `-o` option was introduced in 2014; if this command fails for you, simply remove the `-o` option)
+
 The first prompt you will see asks where to save the key. However, there are
 actually two files that will be generated: the public key and the private 
 key. 
