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Asked: 2026-05-25T20:15:13+00:00

I have multiple git repositories I need to connect to. For each one, the

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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?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Solution Found

    (for future people with this problem)

    Logging out and back in solved the problem for me.

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