On bazaar and keys

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Keeping the page simple to deal with the basic usage is fairly
crucial, imo.  Even the basic concepts are very challenging for a lot
of us.  It sounds like there is some scope for having a sub-page for
more advanced stuff.
Regards from
Tom :)



On 4 January 2014 01:17, Doug Smythies <dsmythies at telus.net> wrote:
>
> On 2014.01.03 01:04 Mauricio wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 1:04 AM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
>>> On 2014-01-03 00:16, Doug Smythies wrote:
>>>> On 2014.01.02 10:32 Mauricio wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Doug Smythies <dsmythies at telus.net>
> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2013.12.02 20:56 Mauricio Tavares wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      Ok, I create ~/.ssh/ubuntu_rsa{,.pub} and uploaded
>>>>>>> ubuntu_rsa.pub to my launchpad account. I can do the login part of
> the
>>>>>>> show,
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if your issues is related to the file name used.
>>>> Mine are ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub on every computer.
>>>> It is not clear to me how bzr would know to use your strange
>>>> local file name.
>>>
>>      I use separate keys for different places I need to connect to;
>> you do not want to know how long my ~/.ssh/config file is. ;)
>
>>> I too suspect that the non-default file name is the culprit. An entry in
>>> ~/.ssh/config may be needed to fix it:
>>>
>>>
> https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/CreatingAnSSHKeyPair#Using_a_custom_S
> SH_key_for_Launchpad
>>>
>>      I feel stupid for not have read that entire page before; I
>> missed completely the custom key part. So, as I asked early last
>> month, it does/can use ~/.ssh/config after all. That is good to know.
>> Thanks for the info! It works now and I am downloading it.
>
> O.K. glad you got it sorted out.
>
>>>>>> Once this is all sorted out, we should look at how to improve the
>>>>>> related portion on the wiki getting started page.
>
> I do not think Mauricio's issue requires an edit to the getting
> started page, as that type of per service use of ssh keys is fairly
> advanced. I am trading off keeping the simplicity of the basic
> getting started, verses added detail for more advanced scenarios.
>
> Please feel free to disagree and make changes to the getting started
> page. (perhaps one little sentence and the link Gunner gave.)
>
> ... Doug
>
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