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Minor correction - you want to copy your public key to the target machine. Your private key should be kept as close to your chest as possible and there is no reason for it to leave the originating device.

doneal24
– doneal24

2019-09-08 13:43:09 +00:00
Commented Sep 8, 2019 at 13:43
Minor correction, you need another mechanism to login with ssh such as a password. But if you already have another ssh key installed on the account then you can login with that one to install another. Therefore you don't necessarily need password access enabled to use ssh-copy-id

Philip Couling
– Philip Couling

2019-09-08 15:54:10 +00:00
Commented Sep 8, 2019 at 15:54

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