From f8471cd1872aec5141cab4e1dce715741f9eb9d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: karen Carias Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:05:52 -0700 Subject: added note about unique SSH keys --- doc/ssh/README.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/ssh') diff --git a/doc/ssh/README.md b/doc/ssh/README.md index 5f44f9351dd..7cdcd11c04c 100644 --- a/doc/ssh/README.md +++ b/doc/ssh/README.md @@ -105,3 +105,6 @@ IdentityFile ~/my-ssh-key-directory/company-com-private-key-filename Note in the gitlab.com example above a username was specified to override the default chosen by OpenSSH (your local username). This is only required if your local and remote usernames differ. Due to the wide variety of SSH clients and their very large number of configuration options, further explanation of these topics is beyond the scope of this document. + +Public SSH keys need to be unique, as they will bind to your account. Your SSH key is the only identifier you'll +have when pushing code via SSH. That's why it needs to uniquely map to a single user. -- cgit v1.2.1