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I am using git and I have setup passphrase for private key. I would like to remove it. I am using openssl rsa -in id_rsa -out id_rsa_new Should I enter the passphrase without waiting for any response from the above command or should it raise a response question whether it needs passphrase or not. Because, if I enter the above command and wait, its not responding anything it waits forever. How should the behaviour be?

funky-future
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git doesn't use OpenSSL keys — git uses ssh and ssh has its own set of tools. See for example https://stackoverflow.com/a/112409/7976758. You need ssh-keygen -p.

Please note the question was closed as off-topic.

phd
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Not sure if this helps your situation but I use this command on linux/unix systems.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "my@email.addr"

When it prompts for the passphrase I just hit enter. This gives me a private and public key without a passphrase.

Damien Dezurik
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