{"id":1414,"date":"2023-01-23T18:32:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T13:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2023-01-23T18:32:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T13:02:28","slug":"ssh-agent-admitted-failure-to-sign-using-the-key-error-and-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ssh-agent-admitted-failure-to-sign-using-the-key-error-and-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"SSH: Agent Admitted Failure To Sign Using The Key Error And Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

The “agent admitted failure to sign using the key” error occurs when the ssh-agent is not able to use the private key to sign the SSH session. This can happen for several reasons:<\/p>\n

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  1. The ssh-agent is not running: You can start the ssh-agent by running the command eval \"$(ssh-agent -s)\"<\/code>.<\/li>\n
  2. The private key is not added to the ssh-agent: You can add the private key by running the command ssh-add \/path\/to\/privatekey<\/code>.<\/li>\n
  3. The private key is protected with a passphrase: If your private key is protected with a passphrase, the ssh-agent will prompt for the passphrase when you try to use it. Make sure you enter the correct passphrase.<\/li>\n
  4. The permission of the private key is too open: Make sure the permission of the private key is set to 600 or less (-rw——-) .<\/li>\n
  5. The ssh-agent is running but not available to the current shell session: You can fix this by adding the ssh-agent environment variables to your shell profile file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You can check if ssh-agent is running by ssh-add -l<\/code>, it should show the fingerprints of the keys.<\/p>\n

    You can also check the ssh-agent environment variables by running the command env | grep SSH_AUTH_SOCK<\/code>.<\/p>\n

    You can check if the private key is present in ssh-agent by running the command ssh-add -L<\/code><\/p>\n

    You can check if the ssh-agent is running by running the command ps aux | grep ssh-agent<\/code>.<\/p>\n

    If none of these solutions work, you may want to try generating a new key pair and adding the new public key to the remote server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The “agent admitted failure to sign using the key” error occurs when the ssh-agent is not able to use the private key to sign the SSH session. This can happen for several reasons: The ssh-agent is not running: You can start the ssh-agent by running the command eval “$(ssh-agent -s)”. 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