[Bug 374427] Re: doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa
To give more detail, here's what your ~/.ssh/config file needs to look like: Host * IdentityFile id_rsa.pub Host hostname_with_special_keys.com IdentifyFile id_rsa.hostname_with_special_keys.pub Host another_host.com IdentityFile id_rsa.another_host.pub The actual hostnames and file names are arbitrary, and do not need to match. By doing this, you won't need to specify -i on the commandline each time. -- doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374427 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 374427] Re: doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa
The correct way of doing this is to specify multiple IdentityFile lines in your ~/.ssh/config The id_rsa[.pub] files represent a keypair and isn't supposed to contain multiple identities, but it's easy and perfectly valid to use several keys, either by using -i or IdentityFile. Closing as this is not a bug and not really a missing feature. ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374427 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 374427] Re: doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa
wretched_dutchman wrote: When maintaining multiple servers with different rsa-keys it isn't possible to put all the files in ~/.ssh/id_rsa. Colin answered: I don't understand what you're trying to do. The id_rsa file is only supposed to contain one key; you can put other keys in different files. What are you trying to achieve by putting multiple keys in one file? I'm having the same problem I guess: There are several servers that have different public keys. Now I find out that I want to log into them from the same client machine. I could go and copy all the private keys to different id_rsa files: - id_rsa1 - id_rsa2 - id_rsa3 Now why would I need/want to differentiate the keys? I don't care what they are named. I just want to log in with whatever key fits (to use a RL analogy: I'd just try to plug in one key after the other into the lock until one opens it). So I'd say this is more of a feature request? *t ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374427 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 374427] Re: doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa
Now why would I need/want to differentiate the keys? I don't care what they are named. I just want to log in with whatever key fits (to use a RL analogy: I'd just try to plug in one key after the other into the lock until one opens it). So I'd like to say something like: use whatever key fits. So either I'd need to give start ssh like this: ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa1 -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa2 -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa3 -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa4 ... which is bothersome or, the natural way would seem like saying: ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa respectively by using the default identity file: ssh ... which would use whatever key in id_rsa that works with the public key on the server. *t -- doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374427 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 374427] Re: doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa
I don't understand what you're trying to do. The id_rsa file is only supposed to contain one key; you can put other keys in different files. What are you trying to achieve by putting multiple keys in one file? ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- doesn't accept multiple keys in id_rsa https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374427 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
