| Stephen Gran on 26 May 2004 02:00:03 -0000 |
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On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 04:59:58PM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson said: > I'm finding myself in the odd situation that if I use ssh-agent, ssh > reports that it can't connect (too many authentication failures). > > If I don't use ssh-agent, I can log in. It both works to use password > login or to specify a key file (ssh -i keyfile) and provide the key > passphrase. > > Using -v, I can see that in the first case (ssh-agent), it tries > several keys before giving up on a disconnect from the server. > Perhaps the server is only willing to entertain a handful of key pair > attempts? 3, I think, is the default - I could easily be wrong. > Since I've recently been convinced that I should use multiple ssh > keys, this is odd to find that ssh doesn't like this. > > Anyone know what I should do or what's going on? Take a look at man ssh_config (note that it's not sshd_config, no d) - you can have a ~/.ssh/config that specifies a lot of this stuff for you. I do not, however, know the details, so if you get it going, please let us know. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Administration: An ingenious | | steve@lobefin.net | abstraction in politics, designed to | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | receive the kicks and cuffs due to the | | | premier or president. -- Ambrose Bierce | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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