How can I designate a separate private key for each git repository I connect to?

Question

I have multiple git repositories I need to connect to. For each one, the person in charge emailed me a public/private keypair to use to access the repository. I stored them in my .ssh directory along with my personal key:

$ ls ~/.ssh
id_rsa     id_dsa_site1    id_rsa_site2    id_rsa.pub
id_dsa_site1.pub    id_rsa_site2.pub

Then, I read some articles online that recommended I set up a config file, which I did:

$ cat ~/.ssh/config
Host site1.sub.domain.com
    User gitosis
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_dsa_site1

Host git.site2.sub.domain.com
    User gitosis
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_site2

However, when I try to clone the repos, I'm still being prompted for a password:

$ git clone gitosis@site1.sub.domain.com:myrepo.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/robert/myrepo/.git/
gitosis@site1.sub.domain.com's password:

It looks like the key isn't associating properly. No google/so search I can think of is solving the problem. Any ideas?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 22 '11 at 18:10

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The config file belongs in your .ssh directory, too

Right now the file is not being used so you are prompted for a password

answered Sep 22 '11 at 18:10

klaustopher

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Sorry, that was a typo in my question. The file is in ~/.ssh/config – Robert Martin Sep 22 '11 at 18:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 22 '11 at 18:31

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Solution Found

(for future people with this problem)

Logging out and back in solved the problem for me.

answered Sep 22 '11 at 18:31

Robert Martin

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How can I designate a separate private key for each git repository I connect to?

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