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Forum Discussion
Ability to specify which key to use (otherwise: Too many authentication failures)
I was perplexed as to why I could not SSH into a system earlier today. It looks like ssh is simply trying all of the keys in my vault, one after another, though never getting to the one it needs befo...
Ok, so color me confused. What's the purpose of putting keys into 1Password and using the ssh-agent if I still have to individually configure each host in ~/.ssh/config?
Shouldn't the ssh-agent intercept the requested host, look up the corresponding key and make the connection without my having to store my public key still in my file system and pointing to it in my config? I thought the purpose of this exercise was to make the management and storage of keys easier.
Here's my config (obfuscated):
Host hostshortname hostaltname
Hostname hostshortname.mydomain.com
IdentityFile /my/path/to/my/keystore/mailto:loginaccount@hostnamekeyfile.pub
Wouldn't it be advantageous if 1Password provided an option to store the account(s)/logins the key name applies to so all I need worry about is indicating in the 1Password key item, the login is identified so it can make the match and do its thing?
I definitely don't want to poopoo this capability. I'm tickled to death I can keep my private keys in 1Password. I just think additional features would be great too.
