SSH Agent : Connection refused

One observation that strikes me as unusual in your original post:


git fetch git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).


This would imply your public key was obtained and tried, which failed. However, ssh-add -l is showing the connection refused error. I don't understand how this could be.

I think this is related to @github.com-arnaudb vs @github.com. See my comment below regarding this.

One thing which may make troubleshooting easier with GitHub (I realize this is unrelated to the SSH agent socket issue):

• add User git in for the github.com section in your ~/.ssh/config.

The git fetch command you included in the original post is using @github.com and not @github.com-arnaudb in your ~/.ssh/config file. If you want both to work, you can update the host setting to include both like this:


Host github.com-arnaudb github.com
Hostname github.com
IdentityAgent "~/Library/Group Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password/t/agent.sock"
ForwardAgent yes
User git


Curious what happens when you try ssh -v -T git@github.com. If it's working you should see:


Hi <your GitHub username>! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

The -v option should help troubleshoot which keys are being attempted.

I'm not sure what else is in your ~/.ssh/config file or what your intention is regarding the github.com-arnaudb host setting, but depending on what you're trying to do, there may be better ways to setup your ssh config.