Can one set an agent timeout for a specific host?

[Darren Tucker]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 at 22:20, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> If I set a timeout for a specific host's key does it set the timeout
> for just that key/host?
[...]
>     Host backup
>         IdentityFile ~/.ssh/backup_id_rsa
>         IdentityAgent 600

I think you meant AddKeysToAgent?

> Will it just time out the key saved for backup and leave any other
> keys with the default no timeout?

Yes this will only affect the key added when connecting to this host.

-- 
Darren Tucker (dtucker at dtucker.net)
GPG key 11EAA6FA / A86E 3E07 5B19 5880 E860  37F4 9357 ECEF 11EA A6FA
    Good judgement comes with experience. Unfortunately, the experience
usually comes from bad judgement.