updatekey command not found

updatekey command not found

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Guys,

  I wanted to update my ssh key on sourceware.org today.  Following the
  instructions on:

     https://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/pdw/ps_form.cgi

  I tried using:

    ssh -i old_key sourceware.org updatekey < ~/.ssh/new_key

  but this failed with:

    updatekey: Command not found.

  So instead I copied the new key across manually and then logged in and
  added it to my authorized keys.  But I just thought that you ought to
  know that either the web page is out of date or the updatekey script
  has gone missing.  (Or I have a snafu in my path setup for
  sourceware...)

Cheers
  Nick
  
  

Re: updatekey command not found

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Hi, Nick -

> [...]  So instead I copied the new key across manually and then
> logged in and added it to my authorized keys.  [...]

Those instructions are for that 95% of folks who are limited to a
shell that can only invoke cvs..git and those other "updatekey"
etc. subcommands.  You have full shell access, so that doesn't apply
to you.  (We don't really advertise this capability, as it's only for
senior maintainers.)

- FChE