Question
How do you change ssh key passphrase?
- Posted on January 2, 2020
- Ubuntu 16.04DigitalOcean
Asked by bijal
We have a droplet which is using Ubuntu 16.04. We are logging via ssh. We need to change the passphrase.
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Hello,
To change the passphrase for your SSH key, you could use the following command:
ssh-keygen -p -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
You will be asked to enter the old passphrase first followed by your new passphrase. The output would look something like this:
Enter old passphrase: ****
Enter new passphrase (empty for no passphrase): ****
Enter same passphrase again: ****
Your identification has been saved with the new passphrase.
Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby
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