Messed up keys¶
You can fix this yourself in a few easy steps via the VSC account page.
There are two ways in which you may have messed up your keys:
- The keys that were stored in the
.ssh
subdirectory of your home directory on the cluster were accidentally deleted, or theauthorized_keys
file was accidentally deleted:- Go to the VSC account page.
- Choose your institute and log in.
- At the top of the page, click ‘Edit Account’.
- Press the ‘Update’ button on that web page.
- Exercise some patience, within 30 minutes, your account should be accessible again.
- You deleted your (private) keys on your own computer, or don’t know
the passphrase anymore
- Generate a new public/private key pair. Follow the procedure outlined in the client sections for Linux, Windows and macOS (formerly OS X).
- Go to the VSC account page.
- Choose your institute and log in.
- At the top of the page, click ‘Edit Account’.
- Upload your new public key adding it in the ‘Add Public Key’ section of the page. Use ‘Browse…’ to find your public key, press ‘Add’ to upload it.
- You may now delete the entry for the "lost” key if you know which one that is, but this is not crucial.
- Exercise some patience, within 30 minutes, your account should be accessible again.