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tonkku107's avatar
tonkku107
Occasional Contributor
4 years ago

[I-19] SSH key priority option?

I currently have 2 personal SSH keys, one RSA and one Ed25519 and am in the process of moving from the RSA key to the Ed key. Previously, I used to have the Ed key defined first in the ssh config via...
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floris_1P's avatar
floris_1P
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4 years ago

I'm guessing that that's because you've specified multiple keys as IdentityFile. If you want control over which key is used, your SSH config should be more explicit. For example:

```
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Host host-that-uses-the-rsa-key
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
```

Or even more explicit:
```
Host host-that-uses-the-rsa-key
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Host host-that-uses-the-ed25519-key
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
```