I have sections in my .ssh/config (see below) to allow me to use several different github accounts. The important part is having the .pub files sitting there. You don't need the private key on the VM, just the public key, and it will pick the correct private key from your agent. Then on the git repo I do: git remote add origin githubu2:user/repo.git Those sections: Host githubu1 Tunnel no ForwardAgent no ForwardX11 no HostName github.com user git IdentityFile ~/.ssh/githubu1.pub Host githubu2 Tunnel no ForwardAgent no ForwardX11 no HostName github.com user git IdentityFile ~/.ssh/githubu2.pub Host githubu3 Tunnel no ForwardAgent no ForwardX11 no HostName github.com user git IdentityFile ~/.ssh/githubu3.pub --Gregory On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 02:38:23PM +1000, raf wrote: > Hi, > > I have a VM with a git repository whose origin is on > github. I have several keys known to github, so I needed > to set git's core.sshcommand config parameter in the > repository to something like this: > > ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_github2 > > But it meant that I needed to copy that key to the VM. > The same key is available via my forwarded ssh-agent > connection. Is it possible to tell ssh to use that > instead of the key in a file? The documentation for the > -i option only mentions files. > > cheers, > raf > > _______________________________________________ > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev > _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
