Asking git to look for different key other than id_rsa
git, github, ssh
Solution
I believe the ssh config only applies if you use the alias defined in `host` clause to connect to the server.
I.e. you should have in ssh config have:
host github
hostname github.com
user git
identityfile /root/.ssh/viren
The `host` directive has to be followed with something you will actually use to connect, so `[Amazon server]` is not appropriate. And you have to tell git to connect to:
github:/....
(and not `git@github.com:/.....`)
Problem
I not sure why but even though I mention properly in ssh config to look for identity file with name viren.pub for github git still considering id_rsa as default and it does not seem to work unless an until i rename viren.pub and viren to id_rsa.pub and id_rsa Here my ssh config look like ``` Host ec2-123-121-121-121.compute-1.amazonaws.com Hostname github.com User git IdentityFile /root/.ssh/viren ``` Can anyone help