How to tell git which private key to use?
Problem
has the option to tell which private key file to use when authenticating: Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for RSA or DSA authentication is read. The default is for protocol version 1, and and for protocol version 2. Identity files may also be specified on a per-host basis in the configuration file. It is possible to have multiple options (and multiple identities specified in configuration files). Is there a similar way to tell which private key file to use on a system with multiple private keys in the directory?
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Fix for: How to tell git which private key to use?
In , add: If the config file is new, check access permissions using if returns NOT 600, you should do Now you can do Where is your GitHub user account (or organization account)'s GitHub URI name. Note that there is a colon after instead of the slash - as this is not a URI. And is your GitHub repo's URI name For example, for the Linux kernel this would be ). NOTE: On Linux and macOS, verify that the permissions on your are 400. SSH will reject, in a not clearly explicit manner, SSH keys that are…
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