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SSH keys location

Subject: SSH keys location

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2 messages between Apr 22, 2010 and Apr 22, 2010.

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Mahesh Vaidya· Apr 22, 2010, 18:40 UTC · lore

Hi

I have a situation where I must save my private keys location other than ~/.ssh ; How do I tell git URL that please take public key from so and so location equivalent of ssh -i <identity-file> flag

example my clone command is

git clone gitosis@server:repos.git

Thank You

-Mahesh

Shawn O. Pearce· Apr 22, 2010, 18:42 UTC · re: Mahesh Vaidya · lore

Re: SSH keys location

Mahesh Vaidya <forvaidya@gmail.com> wrote:

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> I have a situation where I must save my private keys location other
> than ~/.ssh ; How do I tell git URL that please take public key from
> so and so location equivalent of ssh -i <identity-file> flag
> 
> example my clone command is
> 
> git clone gitosis@server:repos.git

Just use ~/.ssh/config to rewrite the options:

  Host server
    IdentityFile /some/private/key/path

-- 
Shawn.

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