On bazaar and keys

[Mauricio Tavares]

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Tom Davies <tomcecf at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 :)
>
      Or, as Doug hinted, just have a header on the bottom with links
to the proper pages:

Further reading/Advanced topics
o Bazaar and custom ssh keys (using .ssh/config)
o List of all Bazaar commands with misleading explanations
o Coffee and sugar

>
>
> 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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