AddKeysToAgent yes ssh config not working on Mac
macos, macos-sierra, ssh
Solution
You have got too many keys in your agent and only limited amount can be tried before rejecting by server. Fortunately, you have quite nice configuration distinguishing the keys per hosts, so you should be able to fix that by setting
IdentitiesOnly yes
configuration option in your `ssh_config`.
Problem
Hi I have my ssh config file setup to auto add ssh keys to ssh agent. However, currently it is not working. It was working previously. I updated the ssh key for bitbucket and it no longer works. When I reboot, I have to add the ssh key manually using ssh-add -K option. Can someone help me figure out why ssh config isn't working? AddKeysToAgent yes option is suppose to enable the auto adding of ssh keys. I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Here is config (I changed server names for sensitivity purposes) ``` GSSAPIAuthentication no # --- SourceTree Generated --- Host cik-bitbucket__com HostName bitbucket.com User cik PreferredAuthentications publickey IdentityFile /Users/cik/.ssh/cik-bitbucket__com UseKeychain yes AddKeysToAgent yes # ---------------------------- Host * UseKeychain yes AddKeysToAgent yes ServerAliveInterval 15 IdentityFile /Users/cik/.ssh/id_rsa Host jenkins HostName pasjenkins1.mycompany.com UseKeychain yes AddKeysToAgent yes Host jenkinsqa HostName pasjenkinsqa.mycompany.com UseKeychain yes AddKeysToAgent yes Host artifactory HostName prp01 UseKeychain yes AddKeysToAgent yes Host bitbucket HostName bitbucket UseKeychain yes AddKeysToAgent yes Host confluence HostName confluence01 UseKeychain yes AddKeysToAgent yes Host jira HostName jira01 UseKeychain yes AddKeysToAgent yes Host vagrant HostName 127.0.0.1 Port 2222 User vagrant IdentityFile /Users/cik/.vagrant.d/insecure_private_key Host localhost HostName 127.0.0.1 Port 2222 User vagrant IdentityFile /Users/cik/.vagrant.d/insecure_private_key ``` Update: Order matters. This works ``` ssh-add -D ssh-add -K /Users/cik/.ssh/cik-bitbucket__com ssh-add git push (Works) ``` Does not work ``` ssh-add -D ssh-add ssh-add -K /Users/cik/.ssh/cik-bitbucket__com git push (Works) ```