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epsilones
Asked: 2015-12-05 04:11:25 +0800 CST

passphrase issue with correct ssh keys

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It is the first time I experienced this issue : I have setup ssh keys and I set the passphrase. Since the file is not id_rsa but id_rsd, I set this 

Host someIP
  HostName someIP
  User git
  IdentityFile /Users/mehdibenchoufi/.ssh/id_rsd.pub

Now, when I connect via ssh -vT someIP, I am asked to enter the passsphrase. I did it correctly, but the passphrase does not seem to be recognized. How can it be ? (btw, I changed the perms on id_rsd* setting it to 700 since Gitlab's server on which I am trying to clone from complained about the 640 default perms)

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1 Answers

  1. You need to specify private key for IdentityFile option, as described in manual page for ssh_config(5):

    IdentityFile /Users/mehdibenchoufi/.ssh/id_rsd

    If ssh does not recognize the key typ, it tries to decrypt it regardless the content of the file, which ends in nonsense (regardless the passphrase).

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