Re: git + ssh + key authentication feature-request

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Feb 8, 2006, 23:55 UTC
Message-ID: <7vzml1mmmh.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <43EA8DDA.3070906@iaglans.de>

Nicolas Vilz 'niv' <niv@iaglans.de> writes:

> So, how do i tell git to send my identity-file to sshd? And could I
> set an alias like in .git/remotes for that location / identity?

That is not a git question but you are using me as an ssh helpdesk. See ssh_config(5).

The answers are:

	IdentityFile
        User

For example, I have this in my .ssh/config on my local machine:

    Host osiris.pyramid.com
      User junio
      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/osiris-pub
      ForwardAgent no
      ForwardX11 no

Without "User", it would send out "junkio", so I have that line to override it (I could do it with -l command line, but there is no point because that is I would use _always_ to go there). Without "IdentityFile" it would use ~/.ssh/identity (same rationale with -i), which is the identity file I usually use for other sites.