On 01/22/2016 03:55 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> Is this what's failing for you? > Actually, it is weird. If I have my "normal" ssh keys loaded in > the agent, I can login just fine and get the password prompt: > > tomh> ssh -l root fed23i > Enter passphrase for key '/home/tweety/.ssh/id_dsa': > root@fed23i's password: > Last login: Fri Jan 22 14:58:15 2016 from 10.134.30.143 > [root@fed23i ~]# exit > logout > Connection to fed23i closed. > > But when I add a couple of additional keys for the "test" > user we have on all the virtual machines, this happens: > > tomh> add-nvtest > Identity added: /tmp/nvtkey21416/nvtest-rsa (/tmp/nvtkey21416/nvtest-rsa) > Identity added: /tmp/nvtkey21416/nvtest-dsa (/tmp/nvtkey21416/nvtest-dsa) > tomh> ssh -l root fed23i > Received disconnect from 192.168.118.167: 2: Too many authentication failures > Disconnected from 192.168.118.167 > tomh> ssh-add -l > 2048 SHA256:L09nWkcTbR4PmWmD/q6VJmjnwuKCtUHFaPN7xCRcwvM /home/tweety/.ssh/id_rsa (RSA) > 1024 SHA256:1cKg/sJMH7TrWctSWky0hLO2PaxRVFfyddsqJQEqg0o /home/tweety/.ssh/id_dsa (DSA) > 521 SHA256:/9Zg1JTdgpGwGpTCnLcbRXpuwFmt6P1gzXRcNQjEgLw /home/tweety/.ssh/id_ecdsa (ECDSA) > 256 SHA256:vI83jQzZhfvTtZKEmgZiXUS/0te3dS1ew5vt16K38A8 tweety@tomh (ED25519) > 1024 SHA256:YD5FOdt2WnvYH7AJ5VDIrJEwJm0MV0g1WtQAlQXXHSo /tmp/nvtkey21416/nvtest-rsa (RSA) > 1024 SHA256:2J62l08cX62jDElLNk2qonCH8knistaEXJg+ayb6uPw /tmp/nvtkey21416/nvtest-dsa (DSA) > > Does it maybe try every key and decide there are too many > that don't work when I go over a certain number? That's exactly what it does, unless you explicitly specify which key to use. This can be done from command line or in ~/.ssh/config (with hostname/IP match) HTH -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org