this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
33 points (92.3% liked)
Linux
48692 readers
449 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Technically, you always use a username, however in case of Gitlab that SSH username is always
git
. When an SSH client connects to server, it offers an authentication method. Gitlab accepts that method only if it is a publickey and the fingerprint of the offered key maps to the known Gitlab user.It's a blessing and a curse. I have two gitlab accounts on the same server - private and work. I can't use the same key for both as the key is used to distinguish git users, and git doesn't make it easy to select which key you want to use to pull or clone particular repo.
Just a thought: why don't you just use two different aliases for the Server in your
.ssh/config
with your two differing ssh keys, that way you can just use two different "hostnames" that have different ssh keys specifiedI could but then i can't simply copy the "clone" url from the projects page without editing it.
I think the best solution for me may be to have a separate user account in the OS for work and personal projects. That way i can just log off at the end of the day and use personal account for personal stuff.
You might not even have to log out: Just change the user in the terminal:
su - user2