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Questions tagged [ssh-agent]

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ssh-agent forwarding and sudo to another user

If I have a server A into which I can login with my ssh key and I have the ability to "sudo su - otheruser", I lose key forwarding, because the env variables are removed and the socket is only readable by my original user. Is there a way I can…
Florian Schulze
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Use a specific forwarded key from SSH-agent?

Let's say I have a key for Github, along with other keys. I've added lots of keys to my ssh agent (ssh-add -L returns lots of lines) at my home computer A. In my .ssh/config I have set up which key to use with which host, so e.g. ssh -T -vvv…
danmichaelo
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SSH: Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password)

==================================================================== UPDATE: It turned out the configuration of sshd on host2 wont allow password login. Thanks to people answered…
gherkin
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Running ssh-agent from a shell script

I'm trying to create a shell script that, among other things, starts up ssh-agent and adds a private key to the agent. Example: #!/bin/bash # ... ssh-agent $SHELL ssh-add /path/to/key # ... The problem with this is ssh-agent apparently kicks off…
Dan
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Can I use PLink and Pageant with Cygwin's ssh?

I'm now using msysgit because of the GUI tools, which use Putty's Pageant and PLink utilities, but I use Cygwin as a general SSH terminal. I had been using ssh-agent on Cygwin, but that means I have to enter my SSH key passphrases for both SSH key…
Jerph
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In which order does OpenSSH try private keys?

I'm having a hard time finding proper docs on the order in which the OpenSSH client tries private keys for authenticating against a server, given that all of the following are present: key files with default names in ~/.ssh, e.g. ~/.ssh/id_rsa, key…
sschuberth
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SSH ForwardAgent multiple hops

I've been looking for a solution to the following problem for the past 2 hours with no luck. Development: I'm using publickey authentication to connect to my servers. I use ssh-agent forwarding in order to not have to manage public/privates…
liquidity
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How to add SSH key to PuTTY Agent at startup in Windows Server?

I need to add a private SSH key to Putty Agent (pagent.exe) every time a Windows server starts up -- before a user logs on interactively. The key is to be used by a service. If it was a regular user that needed to use the key, I would just place a…
ervingsb
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How to prioritize explicit ssh key from commandline over ssh-agent keys?

I have a bunch of ssh keys loaded semi-permanently into ssh-agent. ssh-add -L lists 6 keys. I also have other keys which are stored separately; let's say, on a USB stick. I exactly don't want to keep them handy all the time. Let me call one of them…
ulidtko
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Pass password in ssh config

Is there any way to pass a password using .ssh/config? I'm trying to set up a way to login to a server under a specific user and then switch automatically to root when I connect (need to input password). For now, I have: Host server HostName…
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ssh - retrieve public key from ssh-agent

I am searching for a way to extract the public key from the authentication agent. I want to be able to write the public key out into a file, after i added the key to the ssh-agent (ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa). ssh-add -l displays the fingerprint for me,…
scones
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Accessing SSH_AUTH_SOCK from another non-root user

The Scenario: I am running ssh-agent on my local PC, and all my servers/clients are setup to forward SSH agent auth. I can hop between all my machines using the ssh-agent on my local PC. That works. I need to be able to SSH to a machine as myself…
Danny F
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Choose identity from ssh-agent by file name

Problem: I have some 20-30 ssh-agent identities. Most servers refuse authentication with Too many failed authentications, as SSH usually won't let me try 20 different keys to log in. At the moment, I am specifying the identity file for every host…
leoluk
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SSH key problems: Not a RSA1 key file unknown key type '-----BEGIN'

A backuppc server is able to sign into remote machines as root and backup them up, but if I sign in as the backuppc user and try to ssh into these machines using the same key, the key is rejected with the following debug output: OpenSSH_5.3p1,…
HAL9000
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SSH Agent forwarding not working on Ubuntu 22.04

I am trying to connect to github over ssh on my remote server (Running Ubuntu 22.04). On my local computer (Running Win 10), I have ~/.ssh/config file with the following: Host remote HostName SERVER_IP port 22 User ubuntu …
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