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b42

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Registered: 2023-07-20

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[SOLVED] moving .ssh out of home folder

I want to have .ssh out of my home folder.

I changed /etc/ssh/ssh_config to the following:

IdentityFile ~/.config/ssh/id_rsa
   IdentityFile ~/.config/ssh/id_dsa
   IdentityFile ~/.config/ssh/id_ecdsa
   IdentityFile ~/.config/ssh/id_ed25519 

and /etc/ssh/sshd_config to:

AuthorizedKeysFile	.config/ssh/authorized_keys

but it keeps creating .ssh under my $HOME folder. Where is hte mistake here?

Last edited by b42 (2024-01-25 20:09:01)

merlock

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Registered: 2018-10-30

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Re: [SOLVED] moving .ssh out of home folder

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Ba … #Hardcoded (OpenSSH).

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b42

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Re: [SOLVED] moving .ssh out of home folder

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Ba … #Hardcoded (OpenSSH).

this means the path for .ssh folder cannot be changed?

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] moving .ssh out of home folder

Do you see other interpretations of "Hardcoded" and "won't fix"?

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