During an SSH-based Git operation with GitLab, what does the server use to verify your identity?

Your email address, which is extracted from the key comment

Your private key, which is sent to the server for comparison

Your username and password, which are sent over the SSH connection

Your public key, which is matched against the keys stored in your GitLab account

Which file's contents should you copy and paste into the GitLab SSH Keys form?

The private key file (e.g., id_ed25519)

The known_hosts file (e.g., ~/.ssh/known_hosts)

The SSH config file (e.g., ~/.ssh/config)

The public key file (e.g., id_ed25519.pub)

Which command tests your SSH connection to GitLab and verifies that your key is correctly configured?

ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

git clone git@gitlab.com:test/test.git

A user has an SSH key with a passphrase. They use ssh-agent to cache the key. After rebooting their machine, they run git pull and are prompted for the passphrase. They expected the agent to remember the key. What is the most likely reason?

The passphrase was changed after the key was added.

The key was added without the -t option, so it expired.

GitLab requires re-authentication after a reboot.

The ssh-agent process does not persist across reboots by default.

A developer has two GitLab accounts: one for work and one for personal projects. They have generated two SSH key pairs and want to use the correct key for each account when pushing to GitLab. What is the recommended way to achieve this?

Add both public keys to both GitLab accounts.

Use the same key for both accounts.

Delete one key and use only the other for both accounts.

Create an SSH config file that maps each key to the appropriate GitLab host alias.

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During an SSH-based Git operation with GitLab, what does the server use to verify your identity?
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Which file's contents should you copy and paste into the GitLab SSH Keys form?
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Which command tests your SSH connection to GitLab and verifies that your key is correctly configured?
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A user has an SSH key with a passphrase. They use ssh-agent to cache the key. After rebooting their machine, they run git pull and are prompted for the passphrase. They expected the agent to remember the key. What is the most likely reason?
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A developer has two GitLab accounts: one for work and one for personal projects. They have generated two SSH key pairs and want to use the correct key for each account when pushing to GitLab. What is the recommended way to achieve this?
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