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Fix ssh-agent certificate not recognized with IdentitiesOnly #494

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@AlexpFr AlexpFr commented May 1, 2024

The certificate present in the SSH agent is not added to the keys to be tested when 'IdentitiesOnly yes' is configured in the ~/.ssh/config file.

$ cat ~/.ssh/config
Host exemple.org
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
	IdentitiesOnly Yes
$ ssh-add -l
256 SHA256:<FINGERPRINT> <COMMENT> (ED25519)
256 SHA256:<FINGERPRINT> <COMMENT> (ED25519-CERT)
$ ls ~/.ssh/
config    id_ed25519.pub

With the same configuration, 'ssh' defaults to looking for a certificate in ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub-cert::

$ ssh -vvv user@exemple.org
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub type 3
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub-cert type -1

I believe the expected behavior should also include searching for the certificate in the agent.

I have attempted a very simple fix.

The certificate is added from the agent with 'IdentitiesOnly Yes'. The code is redundant, but it works.

Yet another inconsistency: 'ssh-keygen' generates certificates in the form id_ed25519-cert.pub, whereas "ssh" searches for id_ed25519.pub-cert.

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