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Use a specified key from ssh-agent

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Mar 15, 202624478 views
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Along the lines of How to tell git which private key to use? I would like to use a specific ssh key in a given situation. My problem is that even when I specify '-i something' ssh uses the keys from my ssh-agent in the order they are added. My specific situation: I have two github users, each with …

Error Output

Host USER1.git
     Hostname github.com
     User git
     IdentityFile ~/.ssh/USER1.id_rsa

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The point is to use the public key file inside directive. If we specify the private key inside the SSH config, SSH agent will fail to pick the right key if the private key is encrypted. A similar question on stackexchange: https://unix.stackexchange…

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