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Generate and write a pair of RSA keys

Source: R/rsa_keygen.R
rsa_keygen.Rd

rsa_keygen() generates a pair of RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) private and public keys for your project.

Usage

rsa_keygen(dir = "./inst/ssh", password = NULL, bits = 2048)

Arguments

dir

(optional) a string specifying the directory to save the generated keys (default: "./inst/ssh")

password

(optional) a string specifying the password to protect the private key. If NULL, the private key will not be protected (default: NULL).

bits

(optional) an integer number specifying the length of the RSA key in bits (default: 2048).

Value

An invisible NULL. This function is called for side effects only.

Examples

temp_dir = tempfile("dir")
dir.create(temp_dir)

rsa_keygen(dir = temp_dir, password = "test", bits = 2048)
#> Keys successfully created at '/tmp/RtmpoFK8iT/dir1d2e6b351f57'.

list.files(temp_dir)
#> [1] "id_rsa"     "id_rsa.pub"