Graphically manage SSH keys with Seahorse

By Alan Formy-Duval

Seahorse, also referred to as Passwords and Keys, allows you to manage SSH key generation and distribution even if you're not comfortable working on the command line.

If you're a Linux system administrator, you are probably familiar with using the Secure Shell (SSH) tool to securely connect to remote servers. You probably also know that SSH uses a public-private key pair to provide encryption. So, the first step in using SSH is to generate the key pair. You can also distribute your public key to remote servers so you can log into them without needing to type your password.

Seahorse, also referred to as Passwords and Keys, is a graphical tool for this purpose.

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