confused with the command (ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com")

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I have to access personal git repository at the university . I have been asked to Generate SSH key.

i am using this command to generate SSH key

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ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

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Can i use username instead of email for this command like

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ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "myusername"

Posted 22-Aug-15 2:21am

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Richard MacCutchan 22-Aug-15 9:19am

Check the documentation to see what the options are.

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Mehdi Gholam · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-22T04:20:00

Read the documentation : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh-keygen[^]

-C is a comment so you can write anything you want.

Posted 22-Aug-15 4:20am