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Using the IdentityFile directive in ssh_config when AgentForwarding is in use
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Mar 15, 20269239 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Is it possible to specify forwarded keys using the IdentityFile directive in .ssh/config? I ran into this quirk when trying to deploy some code via Capistrano/GIT on our production server. Both my personal and my work GIT keys are always loaded in my SSH agent and it just so happened that my person…
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Fix for: Using the IdentityFile directive in ssh_config when AgentForwarding is in use
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You can use the public part of a key to to specify which private key you want to use from the forwarded agent. This requires creating an extra file (the public part of the key) on any “intermediate” machines (machines to which you forward your local…
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