[Bug 2970] explicit IdentityFile has lower priority than agent keys

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Fri Feb 22 14:51:10 AEDT 2019


https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2970

Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
This is deliberate - agent keys are always preferred because they will
typically not require the user enter a passphrase, whereas keys on the
filesystem are far more likely to.

IMO this gives the best experience for the majority of users.

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