Force SSH client to use given private key
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- ansidev
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Problem
You want force SSH client to use given private key to login to server.
Solution
ssh -i /path/to/private_key user@server
ssh -i /path/to/private_key user@server
Or with custom SSH port: add parameter -p port_number
.
ssh -i /path/to/private_key -p port_number user@server
ssh -i /path/to/private_key -p port_number user@server
If you added some SSH keys into ssh-agent, you need to add parameter -o "IdentitiesOnly=yes"
to prevent ssh-agent from overriding the private key specified.
ssh -o "IdentitiesOnly=yes" -i /path/to/private_key -p port_number user@server
ssh -o "IdentitiesOnly=yes" -i /path/to/private_key -p port_number user@server
SSH Config File
Host server_name
HostName server_ip_address
User user
Port port_number
# Add config here
IdentitiesOnly yes
IdentityFile /path/to/private_key
Host server_name
HostName server_ip_address
User user
Port port_number
# Add config here
IdentitiesOnly yes
IdentityFile /path/to/private_key