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I need to tell SSH to use special IdentityFile for special user.



For example host specs wizard@host1.com wizard@any-other-host.org should use key ~/.ssh/id_wizard



I'd like to write



User wizard
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wizard


but there is no such option in man ssh_config.










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    I need to tell SSH to use special IdentityFile for special user.



    For example host specs wizard@host1.com wizard@any-other-host.org should use key ~/.ssh/id_wizard



    I'd like to write



    User wizard
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wizard


    but there is no such option in man ssh_config.










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      I need to tell SSH to use special IdentityFile for special user.



      For example host specs wizard@host1.com wizard@any-other-host.org should use key ~/.ssh/id_wizard



      I'd like to write



      User wizard
      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wizard


      but there is no such option in man ssh_config.










      share|improve this question













      I need to tell SSH to use special IdentityFile for special user.



      For example host specs wizard@host1.com wizard@any-other-host.org should use key ~/.ssh/id_wizard



      I'd like to write



      User wizard
      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wizard


      but there is no such option in man ssh_config.







      ssh ssh-config






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          You should be able to use the Match directive. Match is a more generalized form of the Host directive:




          Match

          Restricts the following declarations (up to the next Host or Match
          keyword) to be used only when the conditions following the Match
          keyword are satisfied. Match conditions are specified using one or
          more criteria or the single token all which always matches. The
          available criteria keywords are: canonical, exec, host, originalhost,
          user, and localuser. The all criteria must appear alone or immediately
          after canonical. Other criteria may be combined arbitrarily. All
          criteria but all and canonical require an argument. Criteria may be
          negated by prepending an exclamation mark (‘!’).

          ...

          The other keywords' criteria must be single entries or comma-separated
          lists and may use the wildcard and negation operators described in the
          PATTERNS section. ... The user keyword
          matches against the target username on the remote host.




          So:



          Match user wizard
          IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wizard





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            You should be able to use the Match directive. Match is a more generalized form of the Host directive:




            Match

            Restricts the following declarations (up to the next Host or Match
            keyword) to be used only when the conditions following the Match
            keyword are satisfied. Match conditions are specified using one or
            more criteria or the single token all which always matches. The
            available criteria keywords are: canonical, exec, host, originalhost,
            user, and localuser. The all criteria must appear alone or immediately
            after canonical. Other criteria may be combined arbitrarily. All
            criteria but all and canonical require an argument. Criteria may be
            negated by prepending an exclamation mark (‘!’).

            ...

            The other keywords' criteria must be single entries or comma-separated
            lists and may use the wildcard and negation operators described in the
            PATTERNS section. ... The user keyword
            matches against the target username on the remote host.




            So:



            Match user wizard
            IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wizard





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              up vote
              1
              down vote



              accepted










              You should be able to use the Match directive. Match is a more generalized form of the Host directive:




              Match

              Restricts the following declarations (up to the next Host or Match
              keyword) to be used only when the conditions following the Match
              keyword are satisfied. Match conditions are specified using one or
              more criteria or the single token all which always matches. The
              available criteria keywords are: canonical, exec, host, originalhost,
              user, and localuser. The all criteria must appear alone or immediately
              after canonical. Other criteria may be combined arbitrarily. All
              criteria but all and canonical require an argument. Criteria may be
              negated by prepending an exclamation mark (‘!’).

              ...

              The other keywords' criteria must be single entries or comma-separated
              lists and may use the wildcard and negation operators described in the
              PATTERNS section. ... The user keyword
              matches against the target username on the remote host.




              So:



              Match user wizard
              IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wizard





              share|improve this answer






















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                accepted







                up vote
                1
                down vote



                accepted






                You should be able to use the Match directive. Match is a more generalized form of the Host directive:




                Match

                Restricts the following declarations (up to the next Host or Match
                keyword) to be used only when the conditions following the Match
                keyword are satisfied. Match conditions are specified using one or
                more criteria or the single token all which always matches. The
                available criteria keywords are: canonical, exec, host, originalhost,
                user, and localuser. The all criteria must appear alone or immediately
                after canonical. Other criteria may be combined arbitrarily. All
                criteria but all and canonical require an argument. Criteria may be
                negated by prepending an exclamation mark (‘!’).

                ...

                The other keywords' criteria must be single entries or comma-separated
                lists and may use the wildcard and negation operators described in the
                PATTERNS section. ... The user keyword
                matches against the target username on the remote host.




                So:



                Match user wizard
                IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wizard





                share|improve this answer












                You should be able to use the Match directive. Match is a more generalized form of the Host directive:




                Match

                Restricts the following declarations (up to the next Host or Match
                keyword) to be used only when the conditions following the Match
                keyword are satisfied. Match conditions are specified using one or
                more criteria or the single token all which always matches. The
                available criteria keywords are: canonical, exec, host, originalhost,
                user, and localuser. The all criteria must appear alone or immediately
                after canonical. Other criteria may be combined arbitrarily. All
                criteria but all and canonical require an argument. Criteria may be
                negated by prepending an exclamation mark (‘!’).

                ...

                The other keywords' criteria must be single entries or comma-separated
                lists and may use the wildcard and negation operators described in the
                PATTERNS section. ... The user keyword
                matches against the target username on the remote host.




                So:



                Match user wizard
                IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wizard






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