How to use ssh_config with matches for users

Question

I'm trying to configure my ssh_config (CLIENT) to use different keyfiles depending on the user for the same host, but unable to make it work. What is wrong? It says bad arument

Host myServer
    Hostname myServer.net

Match #bad argument at this line
    Host myServer
    User jhon
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/jhon

Match
    User foo
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/foo

----------------------->[SOLVED]<-----------------------

Host myServer
        Hostname myServer.net

Match user jhon host "myserver.net"
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/jhon

Match user foo host "myserver.net"
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/foo


Host another
        User anyOtherOneUser
        Hostname another.net
        # any other configuration

Match user jhon host "another.net"
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/jhon-another

Match user foo "another.net"
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/foo-another

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 16 '19 at 11:53

Form the ssh man Page:

Match Restricts the following declarations (up to the next Host or Match keyword) to be used only when the conditions following the Match keyword are satisfied. Match conditions are specified using one or more criteria or the single token all which always matches. The available criteria keywords are: canonical, final, exec, host, originalhost, user, and localuser. The all criteria must appear alone or immediately after canonical or final. Other criteria may be combined arbitrarily. All criteria but all, canonical, and final require an argument. Criteria may be negated by prepending an exclamation mark (‘!’).

You end the Match statement by using Host. Criterias are uncapitalised (e.g. use host instead of Host)

How to use ssh_config with matches for users

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