Re: How does gitosis know who the key belongs to

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Sep 25, 2009, 08:20 UTC
Message-ID: <vpqhburigfs.fsf@olympe.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <26ae428a0909242315x3cf1aafcue004a73f5c471450@mail.gmail.com>

Howard Miller <howard@e-learndesign.co.uk> writes:

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> Ahh... just read Heiko's post properly and actually looked at the
> authorized_keys file. This is now starting to make some sense. So the
> name in config has to match that sent to gitosis-server presumably. I
> still don't quite see the cause and effect. If I don't like being
> howard@x.y.z and would rather be just 'howard' what can I change? It
> tells me not to edit that file!

If you're confused with "name", then just think about "filename holding the key".

If you want to name yourself "howard", then put your key in keydir/howard and then use "howard" in the config file. gitosis will add the relevant

command="gitosis-server howard" ssh-whatever <your-key-here> <irrelevant-comment>

to the ~git/.ssh/auhtorized_keys file.

You chose your "name" by chosing the filename, then you use this name in the config file, and then gitosis does the job.

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Matthieu Moy
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