RE: [PLUG] ssh oddity (continued)

["Ruse, Kevin KPSI" <Kevin.Ruse@phillyshipyard.com>]

plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 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?
> 
> Thanks.

Here's another reply that doesn't address the issue but goes off on a
tagent. I've have found keychain http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain.xml
very usefull in handeling all of my ssh key sharing needs.

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