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Lin Ma
Lin Ma

Reputation: 10149

public key not working for a new laptop to connect to github

I am trying to add a new ssh key for my new laptop, but after adding it, it is always rejected for the public key issue, anyone have any ideas to trouble shoot? I am following the exact guide here => https://help.github.com/articles/generating-an-ssh-key/

ssh -T [email protected]
Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address 'xxx.xx.xxx.xxx' to the list of known hosts.
Permission denied (publickey).

Tried to use ssh-keygen -R github.com, still not working,

$ ssh-keygen -R github.com
# Host github.com found: line 10 type RSA
/Users/xxx/.ssh/known_hosts updated.
Original contents retained as /Users/xxx/.ssh/known_hosts.old
$ ssh -T [email protected]
The authenticity of host 'github.com (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is (skip fingerprint details here).
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'github.com' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Permission denied (publickey).

regards, Lin

Upvotes: 0

Views: 587

Answers (1)

Jakuje
Jakuje

Reputation: 25966

You can set up multiple github identities. It is described even in on several places.

Basic idea is to create two aliases in ~/.ssh/config:

Host github.com
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_work

Host github.com-the-other
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_the-other

and then change the url in your .git/config from github.com togithub.com-the-other`. Than the line will look like this:

[remote "origin"]
    url = [email protected]:the-other/gfs.git

Upvotes: 1

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