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I don't understand what `IdentitiesOnly` does. If I have `IdentityFile`s defined for hosts in ssh_config, doesn't that already accomplish what this does? Can yo
by krferriter 7y ago
I don't understand what `IdentitiesOnly` does. If I have `IdentityFile`s defined for hosts in ssh_config, doesn't that already accomplish what this does? Can you explain what situation `IdentitiesOnly` covers that is different from `IdentityFile`?
- webvictim 7y agoAuthor here. If you specify an IdentityFile then that’ll be tried first (as an explicit identity) but if that doesn’t work then by default, ssh-agent identities will be tried sequentially afterwards. IdentitiesOnly suppresses that behaviour.