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XIII
XIII
February 25, 2022
Question

Unable to use private keys on filesystem after upgrading to macOS Monterey

  • February 25, 2022
  • 3 replies
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IT finally allowed me to upgrade from macOS Big Sur (11.6.4) to Monterey (12.2.1).

However, I now can no longer use private keys on the filesystem?

```
➜ git pull
sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed for RSA "/Users/me/.ssh/keys/private/company" from agent: agent refused operation
me@company@company.com: Permission denied (password,publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
```

This is my ~/.ssh/config file:

```
CanonicalizeHostname yes

Include config.d/*

Host *
PreferredAuthentications publickey
PasswordAuthentication no
IdentitiesOnly yes
AddKeysToAgent no

Host !*.company.com, *
IdentityAgent "~/.ssh/.1password/agent.sock"
```

This is a major problem, since I need this for one RSA 2048 bits key (the key for this company!) because the 1Password SSH agent does not support it...

How can I fix this?

(This setup worked fine on macOS Big Sur)

1Password Version: 80600050 (Nightly)
Extension Version: n/a
OS Version: macOS Monterey 12.2.1

3 replies

XIII
XIIIAuthor
February 26, 2022

Forgot to post the company specific config file in the config.d folder:


Host *.company.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/company.key
User me@company.com
UseKeychain yes

XIII
XIIIAuthor
February 26, 2022

Update: I noticed that ssh-add -l listed this non-supported key as well. After moving it to the Archive in the 1Password GUI, I can use the private key on the filesystem again.

XIII
XIIIAuthor
February 26, 2022

PS: In case anyone notices an inconsistency in the paths; that was just me cleaning up the real names differently before posting here…

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