- 1 year ago
multiple users from multiple home PCs connecting via ssh to their own github
To allow multiple users from multiple home PCs to connect to their own GitHub accounts via SSH, you can follow these steps:
Generate SSH key pairs for each user: On each user's home PC, generate an SSH key pair using the
ssh-keygen
command. This will create a public key (id_rsa.pub
) and a private key (id_rsa
) for each user.Add public keys to respective GitHub accounts: Each user should add their public key to their GitHub account. They can do this by going to their GitHub account settings, navigating to the "SSH and GPG keys" section, and adding the contents of their public key (
id_rsa.pub
) as a new SSH key.Configure SSH on each home PC: On each user's home PC, create or modify the
~/.ssh/config
file to configure SSH to use the appropriate private key for each GitHub account. The configuration should look like this:javascriptHost github-user1
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/user1_private_key
Host github-user2
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/user2_private_key
# Add similar configurations for other users as needed
Replace
user1_private_key
anduser2_private_key
with the actual paths to the private keys (id_rsa
) for each user.Connect to GitHub using SSH: Each user can now connect to their own GitHub account from their home PC using SSH. They can use the following command to clone, push, or pull repositories:
bashgit clone git@github-user1:username/repo.git
Replace
github-user1
with the appropriate host alias defined in the~/.ssh/config
file, andusername/repo.git
with the actual GitHub username and repository.
By following these steps, each user will be able to securely connect to their own GitHub account from their home PC using SSH. The configuration allows for separate SSH keys and access to individual user repositories.