Re: ssh-agent and limitation of number of keys
From: Darren Tucker (dtucker_at_dodgy.net.au)
Date: 04/24/04
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 02:46:08 +0000 (UTC)
In article <c6b57d$1974$1@news.vol.cz>,
oldfrog@volny.cz <oldfrog@volny.cz> wrote:
>is there some limitation of number of keys
>simultaneously loaded into ssh-agent?
No, but there is usually a limit on the number of authentication attempts
a server will permit before disconnecting. For OpenSSH, this is currently
hard-coded as 6 attempts.
> I loaded
>9 keys and 8. and 9. key don't work. I obtain
>messege
>
> Received disconnect from X.X.X.X: 2: \
> Too many authentication failures for root
>
>when i try to login. When I load these two keys
>separate, all works fine.
If you're using OpenSSH, you can use the IdentityFile and IdentitiesOnly
directives in ssh_config or $HOME/.ssh/config to try only the right keys
for each host.
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