On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 05:53:51PM +0300, Lars Noodén via openssh-unix-dev wrote: > On 8/10/24 17:13, 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? > > You can set IdentitiesOnly to apply to all hosts using ssh_config(5) Or > you can be trickier in the configuration, but it is the IdentitiesOnly > option which you need set to 'yes'. > > Put it and any other general rules at the end of the config file because > the configration operates on a first-match basis. > Brilliant, thank you, that does exactly what I need. :-) -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
