ssh config file for windows git

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I ve been looking for a solution on how I can use multiple ssh keys and I figured out  that it will work with a config file in the  ssh directory  but it doesn t work on windows   My problem is that I m using a private key to access a git server  so it looks like this  ssh   git example com directory   it works fine when I m using TortoiseGit   cause there is a possibility to choose the private key   But I want to use the git rep in my IntelliJ IDEA and there is just the option to use the git native shell and it also works  if I put the key  called id rsa  into the  ssh folder  Now I want to use multiple ssh keys  so my key will get the name  id rsa test   so how do I configure the  ssh config file under Windows  that it works with a usual git server   The most examples I found yet are just for the use with github

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You can use multiple ssh keys on Windows 10 and specify the type of access allowed  Assuming you have created the ssh secure keys already and they were stored in C  Users  User   ssh  Open the folder C  Users  User   ssh  Create the file config   no file extension   Open the file in a text editor like Notepad  and add these configuration details for the first remote host and user  Keep both CMD and BASH paths or only pick one format  Then copy-and-paste below it for the other host user combinations and amend as required  Save the file  Host  git domain com  User  user  Port  number  IdentitiesOnly yes PreferredAuthentications publickey PasswordAuthentication no   CMD IdentityFile C  Users  User   ssh  name of PRIVATE key file    BASH IdentityFile  c Users  User   ssh  name of PRIVATE key file    Testing    Using Bash  Git for Windows    ssh -T git  git domain com  Welcome to GitLab    User     Using Commandline  requires activation of Win 10 OpenSSH Client  C  Users  User  gt ssh -T git  git domain com  Welcome to GitLab    User       For troubleshooting use ssh -Tv git  git domain com   or -Tvv or -Tvvv for higher verbosity levels

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If you use  Git for Windows    gt cd c  Program Files Git etc ssh    add to ssh config following   AddKeysToAgent yes IdentityFile    ssh id rsa IdentityFile    ssh id rsa test   ps  you need ssh version    7 2  date of release 2016-02-28

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These instructions work fine in Linux  In Windows  they are not working for me today   I found an answer that helps for me  maybe this will help OP   I kissed a lot of frogs trying to solve this  You need to add your new non-standard-named key file with  ssh-add    Here s instruction for the magic bullet  Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent   Once you know the magic search terms are  add key with ssh-add in windows  you find plenty of other links    If I were using Windows often  I d find some way to make this permanent  https   github com raeesbhatti ssh-agent-helper   The ssh key agent looks for default  id rsa  and other keys it knows about  The key you create with a non-standard name must be added to the ssh key agent    First  I start the key agent in the Git BASH shell     eval   ssh-agent -s  Agent pid 6276    ssh-add    ssh Paul Johnson-windowsvm-20180318 Enter passphrase for  c Users pauljohn32  ssh Paul Johnson-windowsvm-20180318  Identity added   c Users pauljohn32  ssh Paul Johnson-windowsvm-20180318   c Users pauljohn32  ssh Paul Johnson-windowsvm-20180318    Then I change to the directory where I want to clone the repo    cd   Documents GIT     git clone git git ku edu test spr2018 git Cloning into  spr2018     remote  Counting objects  3  done  remote  Compressing objects  100   2 2   done  remote  Total 3  delta 0   reused 0  delta 0  Receiving objects  100   3 3   done    I fought with this for a long long time    Here are other things I tried along the way  At first I was certain it is because of file and folder permissions   On Linux  I have seen  ssh settings rejected if the folder is not set at 700  Windows has 711  In Windows  I cannot find any way to make permissions 700    After fighting with that  I think it must not be the problem  Here s why  If the key is named  id rsa  then git works  Git is able to connect to server  However  if I name the key  file something else  and fix the config file in a consistent way  no matter what  then git fails to connect  That makes me think permissions are not the problem   A thing you can do to debug this problem is to watch verbose output from ssh commands using the configured key   In the git bash shell  run this    ssh -T git name-of-your-server   Note  the user name should be  git  here   If your key is set up and the config file is found  you see this  as I just tested in my Linux system     ssh -T git git ku edu Welcome to GitLab  Paul E  Johnson    On the other hand  in Windows I have same trouble you do before applying  ssh-add   It wants git s password  which is always a fail     ssh -T git gitlab crmda ku edu git gitlab crmda ku edu s password    Again  If i manually copy my key to  id rsa  and  id rsa pub   then this works fine  After running ssh-add  observe the victory in Windows Git BASH     ssh -T git gitlab crmda ku edu Welcome to GitLab  Paul E  Johnson    You would hear the sound of me dancing with joy if you were here   To figure out what was going wrong  you can I run  ssh  with  -Tvv   In Linux  I see this when it succeeds   debug1  Offering RSA public key  pauljohn pols124 debug2  we sent a publickey packet  wait for reply debug1  Server accepts key  pkalg ssh-rsa blen 279 debug2  input userauth pk ok  fp SHA256 bCoIWSXE5fkOID4Kj9Axt2UOVsRZz9JW91RQDUoasVo debug1  Authentication succeeded  publickey     In Windows  when this fails  I see it looking for default names   debug1  Found key in  c Users pauljohn32  ssh known hosts 1 debug2  set newkeys  mode 1 debug1  rekey after 4294967296 blocks debug1  SSH2 MSG NEWKEYS sent debug1  expecting SSH2 MSG NEWKEYS debug1  SSH2 MSG NEWKEYS received debug2  set newkeys  mode 0 debug1  rekey after 4294967296 blocks debug2  key   c Users pauljohn32  ssh id rsa  0x0  debug2  key   c Users pauljohn32  ssh id dsa  0x0  debug2  key   c Users pauljohn32  ssh id ecdsa  0x0  debug2  key   c Users pauljohn32  ssh id ed25519  0x0  debug2  service accept  ssh-userauth debug1  SSH2 MSG SERVICE ACCEPT received debug1  Authentications that can continue  publickey gssapi-keyex gssapi-with-mic password debug1  Next authentication method  publickey debug1  Trying private key   c Users pauljohn32  ssh id rsa debug1  Trying private key   c Users pauljohn32  ssh id dsa debug1  Trying private key   c Users pauljohn32  ssh id ecdsa debug1  Trying private key   c Users pauljohn32  ssh id ed25519 debug2  we did not send a packet  disable method debug1  Next authentication method  password git gitlab crmda ku edu s password    That was the hint I needed  it says it finds my    ssh config file but never tries the key I want it to try   I only use Windows once in a long while and it is frustrating  Maybe the people who use Windows all the time fix this and forget it

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There is an option IdentityFile which you can use in your    ssh config file and specify key file for each host   Host host with key1 net   IdentityFile    ssh id rsa  Host host with key2 net   IdentityFile    ssh id rsa test   More info  http   linux die net man 5 ssh config  Also look at http   nerderati com 2011 03 17 simplify-your-life-with-an-ssh-config-file

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For me worked only adding the config or ssh config file that was on the dir    ssh config on my Linux system on the c  Program Files Git etc ssh  directory on Windows  In some git versions we need to edit the C  Users  lt username gt  AppData Local Programs Git etc ssh ssh config file  After that  I was able to use all the alias and settings that I normally used on my Linux connecting or pushing via SSH on the Git Bash

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