Xfce Release Manager©®

Introduction

For a secure connection to push git commits, the Xfce project uses SSH keys to authorize on the server. This has the advantage a secure connection is established between the server with simple passwords.

Generating SSH keys

SSH keys are stored in your home directory in the ~/.ssh directory. To generate a key pair use the following command:

    cd ~/.ssh
.ssh  ssh-keygen -t dsa -f id_dsa
Generating public/private dsa key pair.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): [ENTER]
Enter same passphrase again: [ENTER]
Your identification has been saved in id_dsa.
Your public key has been saved in id_dsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
e7:c3:bd:c9:33:2e:19:33:b2:62:75:74:b3:99:b1:99 user@localhost

After you have created the key files, you should submit the id_dsa.pub file to us in the text field. This string looks like ssh-dss ... user@localhost.

Using SSH keys with GIT

You can read about this in the Xfce Wiki.