On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 03:13:19PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > I have several ssh keys in the ~/.ssh directory of my desktop machine. > As a result whenever I try to connect to a system which uses password > authentication I get the "Too many authentication failures" error. > > Yes, I know I can get round this by setting PreferredAuthentications > but this is rather a nuisance to have to do individually for all > systems that use password authentication. It also means that I have > to do it for a 'casual' ssh access to a system which I'm unlikely to > access more than once. > > Is there any way around this problem? > A little further clarification, I think this is because all the keys get loaded into ssh-agent when my system boots (xubuntu GUI). Thus 'ssh-add -L' lists six keys, and it's this that causes the "Too many authentication failures" error. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
