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MrC
3 years agoSuper Contributor
SSH MacBook to iMac using TouchID?
I probably spent too much time on this today, but I'm simply failing to be able to use 1Password via TouchID to authenticate my SSH connection from my MacBook to my iMac.
The -v output shows the...
MrC
3 years agoSuper Contributor
That was exactly the issue. For some reason, my brain was stuck in magic thinking mode. I'd thought 1Password's agents were conveying the credentials, and the server was picking up my private key within the id_ed25519 file itself. I haven't used key-based authorizations in a few decades, and clearly forgot all the details.
Perhaps some instructions about how to set this up might be useful. The info I've read only focuses on Github authorizations.
Thanks.