Github SSH Config

github ssh config
Rico picture Rico · Apr 20, 2013 · Viewed 31.5k times · Source

I'm trying to create a .ssh/config file for multiple SSH accounts (specifically for github.com). I've tried several tutorials and github help walk-throughs but nothing seems to work.

I created a id_rsa_test and id_rsa_test.pub. I uploaded id_rsa_test.pub to github.

I then created a ~/.ssh/config file with the following:

# github account
Host github.com-test github.com
    Hostname github.com
    User git 
    IdentifyFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_test

and

# github account
Host github.com-test github.com
    Hostname github.com
    User git 
    IdentifyFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_test.pub

I then try several commands. i.e.:

git clone git@github-test:username/my_project.git

git push

...everytime I get the following error:

/home/username/.ssh/config: line 5: Bad configuration option: IdentifyFile
/home/username/.ssh/config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Any suggestions?

Answer

tom picture tom · Apr 20, 2013

It is IdentityFile with a 't', not IdentifyFile.

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