ssh problems and wrong id_rsa.pub key

ssh problems and wrong id_rsa.pub key

[Dave Nomura]

I've been unable to get the 'git push' to work because the ssh to 
sources.redhat.com fails.

I think the problem I'm having with ssh has to do with my username.  My 
normal username on my local machines is 'dcn' but I thought it likely to 
be not unique enough for RedHat so I chose 'dcnomura'.  I think I 
probably generated the id_rsa.pub via:
    ssh-keygen -t rsa -C dcn
but it should have been
   ssh-keygen -t rsa -C dcnomura

If the username 'dcn' is available then it would might be easier to just 
change my username to that.  Otherwise I need to upload a corrected 
id_rsa.pub.

Please advise me on what course of action I need to take.

-- 
Dave Nomura
LTC Linux Power Toolchain

Re: ssh problems and wrong id_rsa.pub key

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 07:06:53AM -0700, Dave Nomura wrote:
> I've been unable to get the 'git push' to work because the ssh to 
> sources.redhat.com fails.
>
> I think the problem I'm having with ssh has to do with my username.  My 
> normal username on my local machines is 'dcn' but I thought it likely to be 
> not unique enough for RedHat so I chose 'dcnomura'.  I think I probably 
> generated the id_rsa.pub via:
>    ssh-keygen -t rsa -C dcn
> but it should have been
>   ssh-keygen -t rsa -C dcnomura
>
> If the username 'dcn' is available then it would might be easier to just 
> change my username to that.  Otherwise I need to upload a corrected 
> id_rsa.pub.
>
> Please advise me on what course of action I need to take.

AFAIK, the key is not sensitive to the -"C"omment field.

You need to make sure that you access the system using 'dcnomura@sourceware.org'.
You can change your .ssh/config file like this:

Host sourceware.org
	User dcnomura

Host gcc.gnu.org
	User dcnomura

to make this happen automatically.

For more information: "man ssh_config".

cgf