Specification of identity for ssh client to use

[Darren Tucker]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 04:44:51PM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Dec 2005, Darren Tucker wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 03:18:49PM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
> > > [...] So I want to specify on the ssh command
> > > line exactly which identity to use; I don't want the client to do just
> > > keep trying multiple identities until one of them works, because then it
> > > may use an identity that has the wrong "command=" restrictions on the
> > > server side.
> > 
> > Does adding the "IdentitiesOnly" option do what you want?
> 
> No, that just tells it "don't consult ssh-agent".

IdentitiesOnly will still use keys from ssh-agent if available.

> The identity that
> I want to use will sometimes be available from ssh-agent, and not
> available in any readable files.

You still need a readable copy of the *public* key file to authenticate
via a private key stored in ssh-agent.

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