Reminder: Fedora password and ssh key change deadline looms (2 days left!)

Neal Becker ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 29 13:26:48 UTC 2011


I don't want to change my ssh key that I use for many other purposes.  What is 
the suggested method to generate a new key to be used only for fedora?


Kevin Fenzi wrote:

> Just a friendly reminder: If you are a Fedora account system account
> holder, and haven't changed your password and uploaded a new ssh key
> since we announced the mandatory change, you best do so NOW. The
> deadline is 2011-11-30 (only 2 days away).
> 
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2011-October/003005.html
> 
> If you don't, you may no longer have access to groups you currently do
> (like packager, or sysadmin or ambassador).
> 
> Go take a few minutes, read the announcement and security information
> linked to it, and change your password and upload a new ssh public key.
> 
> If you aren't a Fedora contributor, the information linked in our
> announcement is still a great read and may just help you be more secure
> on your machines. :)
> 
> kevin




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