How to reset or change the passphrase for a GitHub SSH key

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I have forgoten my passphrase in Git   How do I reset it  I found two solutions on Stack Overflow  but I want to know what process to follow to reset it or to get it

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In short there s no way to recover the passphrase for a pair of SSH keys  Why  Because it was intended this way in the first place for security reasons  The answers the other people gave you are all correct ways to CHANGE the password of your keys  not to recover them  So if you ve forgotten your passphrase  the best you can do is create a new pair of SSH keys  Here s how to generate SSH keys and add it to your GitHub account

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Log in to your github account  Go to the  Settings  page  the  wrench and screwdriver  icon in the top right corner of the page   Go to  SSH keys  page  Generate a new SSH key  probably studying the links provided by github on that page   Add your new key using the  Add SSH key  link  Verify your new key works  Make gitub forget your old key by using the  Delete  link next to it in the list of known keys

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If you had generate a SSH-key with passphrase and then you forget your passphrase for this SSH-key there s no way to recover it  You ll need to generate a brand new SSH keypair or switch to HTTPS cloning so you can use your GitHub password instead  BUT there are exceptions If you configured your SSH passphrase with the OS X Keychain  you may be able to recover it   In Finder  search for the Keychain Access app  In Keychain Access  search for SSH  Double click on the entry for your SSH key to open a new dialog box  Keychain access dialogIn the lower-left corner  select Show password  You ll be prompted for your administrative password  Type it into the  quot Keychain Access quot  dialog box  Your password will be revealed   Refer to Github help - How do I recover my SSH key passphrase

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You can change the passphrase for your private key by doing   ssh-keygen -f    ssh id rsa -p

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Passphrases can be added to an existing key or changed without regenerating the key pair  Note This will work if keys doesn t had a passphrase  otherwise you ll get this  Enter old passphrase  then Bad passphrase    ssh-keygen -p Enter file in which the key is   Users tekkub  ssh id rsa   Key has comment   Users tekkub  ssh id rsa  Enter new passphrase  empty for no passphrase   Enter same passphrase again  Your identification has been saved with the new passphrase    If your key had passphrase then  There s no way to recover the passphrase for a pair of SSH keys  In that case you have to  create a new pair of SSH keys    Generating SSH keys

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