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I have mya personal account ericpersonal and a company accountsaccount ericcompanyabc (they forced me to even though they could have add my personal GitHub account to their repos) on github.com.
I'm using a computer the company gives and spend more time on work projects so I'm primarily logged in as ericcompanyabc

I havethen generated 2 private and public keys as a result:

❯ ls -lrt ~/.ssh
total 72
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   110 Aug 31 11:03 authorized_keys.jcorig
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  2004 Sep 13 14:16 known_hosts
lrwxr-xr-x  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen    76 Sep 25 21:53 ssh_auth_sock -> /var/folders/c3/q4dw0_q90lj6_nysk_hjt8p00000gn/T//ssh-31QAwZUf1Pmz/agent.501
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   743 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   746 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   279 Oct 27 16:29 config
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   225 Nov  3 17:57 authorized_keys

I have to switch between the 2 accounts using the following commands but it's very tedious:

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa1

I've also tried using .ssh/config file but no success

❯ cat ~/.ssh/config 
Host githubcompany
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa1
    UseKeychain yes

Host githuberic
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa2
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes

What can I do to make switching between Github accounts seamless?

I'm using macOS Sierra 10.12.6

I have my personal account and a company accounts on github.com. I have 2 private and public keys as a result:

❯ ls -lrt ~/.ssh
total 72
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   110 Aug 31 11:03 authorized_keys.jcorig
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  2004 Sep 13 14:16 known_hosts
lrwxr-xr-x  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen    76 Sep 25 21:53 ssh_auth_sock -> /var/folders/c3/q4dw0_q90lj6_nysk_hjt8p00000gn/T//ssh-31QAwZUf1Pmz/agent.501
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   743 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   746 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   279 Oct 27 16:29 config
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   225 Nov  3 17:57 authorized_keys

I have to switch between the 2 accounts using the following commands but it's very tedious:

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa1

I've also tried using .ssh/config file but no success

❯ cat ~/.ssh/config 
Host githubcompany
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa1
    UseKeychain yes

Host githuberic
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa2
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes

What can I do to make switching between Github accounts seamless?

I'm using macOS Sierra 10.12.6

I have a personal account ericpersonal and a company account ericcompanyabc (they forced me to even though they could have add my personal GitHub account to their repos) on github.com.
I'm using a computer the company gives and spend more time on work projects so I'm primarily logged in as ericcompanyabc

I then generated 2 private and public keys as a result:

❯ ls -lrt ~/.ssh
total 72
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   110 Aug 31 11:03 authorized_keys.jcorig
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  2004 Sep 13 14:16 known_hosts
lrwxr-xr-x  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen    76 Sep 25 21:53 ssh_auth_sock -> /var/folders/c3/q4dw0_q90lj6_nysk_hjt8p00000gn/T//ssh-31QAwZUf1Pmz/agent.501
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   743 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   746 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   279 Oct 27 16:29 config
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   225 Nov  3 17:57 authorized_keys

I have to switch between the 2 accounts using the following commands but it's very tedious:

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa1

I've also tried using .ssh/config file but no success

❯ cat ~/.ssh/config 
Host githubcompany
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa1
    UseKeychain yes

Host githuberic
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa2
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes

What can I do to make switching between Github accounts seamless?

I'm using macOS Sierra 10.12.6

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How to have 2 Github SSH accesses?

I have my personal account and a company accounts on github.com. I have 2 private and public keys as a result:

❯ ls -lrt ~/.ssh
total 72
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   110 Aug 31 11:03 authorized_keys.jcorig
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  2004 Sep 13 14:16 known_hosts
lrwxr-xr-x  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen    76 Sep 25 21:53 ssh_auth_sock -> /var/folders/c3/q4dw0_q90lj6_nysk_hjt8p00000gn/T//ssh-31QAwZUf1Pmz/agent.501
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   743 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   746 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   279 Oct 27 16:29 config
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   225 Nov  3 17:57 authorized_keys

I have to switch between the 2 accounts using the following commands but it's very tedious:

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa1

I've also tried using .ssh/config file but no success

❯ cat ~/.ssh/config 
Host githubcompany
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa1
    UseKeychain yes

Host githuberic
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa2
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes

What can I do to make switching between Github accounts seamless?

I'm using macOS Sierra 10.12.6