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 After you generate the key with ``ssh-keygen`` on your workstation, copy the new public key ``~/.ssh/id_ecdsa.pub`` to your home directory on the cluster (not the corresponding ``~/.ssh`` directory on the cluster, where it might overwrite the cluster's keys).  You will still need a password for this file copy, or you can use the file manager on the OOD or Globus portals, as the key is not active yet.
-Then ``ssh`` to the cluster (using a password, or a saved session, or the terminal on the OOD portal), and append the transferred public key to ``~/.ssh/authorized_keys`` on the cluster using the editor or the concatenate operator >>.  Don't use the replace operator >, which will overwrite any existing authorized keys, some of which are needed by the cluster. Your succeeding ssh logins should be passwordless.
+Then ``ssh`` to the cluster (using a password, or a saved session, or the terminal on the OOD portal), and append the transferred public key to ``~/.ssh/authorized_keys`` on the cluster using the editor or the concatenate operator >>.  Don't use the replace operator >, which will overwrite any existing authorized keys, some of which are needed by the cluster. Your succeeding ``ssh/scp/sftp`` logins should be passwordless.
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