R: Default key

my_key {openssl} | R Documentation

## Default key

### Description

The default user key can be set in the `USER_KEY` variable and otherwise is `~/.ssh/id_rsa`. Note that on Windows we treat '~' as the windows user home (and not the documents folder).

### Usage

    my_key()

    my_pubkey()

### Details

The `my_pubkey()` function looks for the public key by appending `.pub` to the above key path. If this file does not exist, it reads the private key file and automatically derives the corresponding pubkey. In the latter case the user may be prompted for a passphrase if the private key is protected.

### Examples

    # Set random RSA key as default
    key <- rsa_keygen()
    write_pem(key, tmp <- tempfile(), password = "")
    rm(key)
    Sys.setenv("USER_KEY" = tmp)

    # Check the new keys
    print(my_key())
    print(my_pubkey())

[Package openssl version 1.4.4 Index]