Remove passphrase (password) from private RSA key

• March 17, 2016
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• Posted by Gee

Remove passphrase

[code]openssl rsa -in ~/.ssh/id_rsa -out ~/.ssh/id_rsa_new[/code]

and enter your old passphrase

Replace key
Backup and replace your private ssh key

[code]cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.backup
rm ~/.ssh/id_rsa
cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa_new ~/.ssh/id_rsa[/code]

Set key permissions

[code]chmod 400 ~/.ssh/id_rsa[/code]