On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I am using the "command=" feature heavily as part of a backup system, which > allows me to run commands on a remote server without allowing general > function. I give the public key for a functionality to the server, add to > authorized_keys, and can closely control the users. The key is chosen by use > of the "-i" option to ssh. > > All of this has been working nicely for several years. > > However, it seems that ssh offers the default key *first* to the server, > rather than the one specified on the command line. That's so bizarre I spent > time checking that it really happened before asking here. > > So the question is, how can I get ssh to offer the key I give it in the > command line first? Preferably as the only key offered, actually, but > definitely before the default key, which on several machines drops me into > another application. > > Is there some clever means or option I missed? > Have you tried the -F option instead? //HW > -- > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from > the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
