Identity name for private key on Darwin

From: Chuck (nil@spambitbucket.com)
Date: 11/08/02


From: Chuck <nil@spambitbucket.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 14:59:22 -0800

I used ssh-keygen a RSA1 key pair. I copied my public key into
authorized_keys into my .ssh directory on my shell server. I know that my
private key should go into my .ssh directory on my client machine, but I
don't know what it should be called? Should it be my login name for the
shell server? Is it up to the ISP? Can anyone help?

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