pwittchen · December 25, 2024 11:54 · Aug 25, 2023 · Jun 8, 2021 · Jun 8, 2021 · Jun 8, 2021
diff --git a/instructions.md b/instructions.md
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@ code ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
 
 Login to GitHub and go to [your ssh key settings](https://github.com/settings/keys)
 
-![Click the Add SSH Key button](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/ssh-add-ssh-key.png)
+### Click the Add SSH key button
 
 In the "Title" field, add a descriptive label for the new key. For example, if you're using a personal Mac, you might call this key "Personal MacBook Air".
 
-![SSH Key Paste](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/ssh-key-paste.png)
+### Paste in your SSH key
 
 Your key should be in the clipboard from before. Next you can click the button.
 
-![SSH Add Key Button](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/ssh-add-key.png)
+### Click the Add SSH key button
 
 You may be asked to confirm your password at this point.
 
-![Confirm Password Form](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/sudo_mode_popup.png)
+### Fill in the confirm password form and submit
 
 Finally, to test this out, you can run the following command again to test the SSH connection to GitHub:
 

diff --git a/instructions.md b/instructions.md
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ Login to GitHub and go to [your ssh key settings](https://github.com/settings/ke
 
 ![Click the Add SSH Key button](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/ssh-add-ssh-key.png)
 
-- In the "Title" field, add a descriptive label for the new key. For example, if you're using a personal Mac, you might call this key "Personal MacBook Air".
+In the "Title" field, add a descriptive label for the new key. For example, if you're using a personal Mac, you might call this key "Personal MacBook Air".
 
--
 ![SSH Key Paste](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/ssh-key-paste.png)
 
 Your key should be in the clipboard from before. Next you can click the button.

diff --git a/instructions.md b/instructions.md
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ it to the clipboard with the following command:
 cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy
 ```
 
+Note, on Linux, you'll want to use something like `xclip` instead of pbcopy:
+
+```
+cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | xclip -sel clip
+```
+
+Or if you'd rather not install anything, you can just open the file and select all and copy:
+
+```
+code ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
+```
+
 Login to GitHub and go to [your ssh key settings](https://github.com/settings/keys)
 
 ![Click the Add SSH Key button](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/ssh-add-ssh-key.png)

diff --git a/instructions.md b/instructions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+You need to do this if you try this command:
+
+```bash
+ssh -T [email protected]
+```
+and you get something that says 
+
+```bash
+[email protected]: Permission denied (public key).
+```
+
+if you run 
+
+```bash
+cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
+```
+
+If you don't see anything, then you can generate a new key with the following command. 
+(Skip this step if you saw the key printed to the terminal already)
+
+```bash
+ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"
+```
+
+You'll get a few prompts here, you can confirm the default file location. If you don't
+want to have to enter your credentials every time you push to GitHub, you can hit enter
+twice more to leave the passphrase blank. Once the key has been generated, you can copy
+it to the clipboard with the following command:
+
+```
+cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy
+```
+
+Login to GitHub and go to [your ssh key settings](https://github.com/settings/keys)
+
+![Click the Add SSH Key button](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/ssh-add-ssh-key.png)
+
+- In the "Title" field, add a descriptive label for the new key. For example, if you're using a personal Mac, you might call this key "Personal MacBook Air".
+
+-
+![SSH Key Paste](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/ssh-key-paste.png)
+
+Your key should be in the clipboard from before. Next you can click the button.
+
+![SSH Add Key Button](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/ssh-add-key.png)
+
+You may be asked to confirm your password at this point.
+
+![Confirm Password Form](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/settings/sudo_mode_popup.png)
+
+Finally, to test this out, you can run the following command again to test the SSH connection to GitHub:
+
+```bash
+ssh -T [email protected]
+```
+
+If all is well, you'll see something like this:
+
+```
+Hi DakotaLMartinez! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
+```
+
+And you're good to go! 👍
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