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Reputation: 779

ssh config file for git on mac timeout

I have 2 accounts that I want to use with Github, and I am trying to set up github to work on multiple accounts via ~/.ssh/config by following this tutorial. I created 2 ssh keys (for example rsa_1 and rsa_2) and set up the ~/.ssh/config file like this:

Host github.com
        HostName github.com
        User username1
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_1
        IdentitiesOnly yes

Host work.github.com
        HostName github.com
        User username2
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_2
        IdentitiesOnly yes

then, I set the remote url on the repo I want to use with another account with

git remote set-url origin work.github.com:<shared_gitrepo_name>/project.git

but when I git push origin, it always times out with

ssh: connect to host work.github.com port 22: Operation timed out
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

which makes me think that the config file isn't being referenced. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2706

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324537

You are using the wrong Username in both cases:

Host github.com
        HostName github.com
        User git <========================== 
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_1
        IdentitiesOnly yes

Host work.github.com
        HostName github.com
        User git <==========================
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_2
        IdentitiesOnly yes

You always ask for an SSH sesssion to github.com as user "git", not user "usernamex".
The fact your public key is copied to username1 or username2 SSH profile page will be enough for GitHub to know who you are.

But, as phd note in the comments, a timeout might indicate a network connection issue (like a firewall blocking the outgoing traffic on port 22).
Even if that was working, then the wrong user would fail the ssh call anyway.

Note: as seen in the discussion, don't use sudo
Using sudo means only /etc/shh/config will be considered, not ~/.ssh/config

Upvotes: 1

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