[Bug 1302812] Re: Explicit identity files are being used after implicit files are attempted

[Andreas Olsson]

** Also affects: gnome-keyring (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Explicit identity files are being used after implicit files are
  attempted

Status in Portable OpenSSH:
  Unknown
Status in “gnome-keyring” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “openssh” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When explicitly setting an identity, either via the -i commandline
  parameter or IdentityFile in the ssh config, these files are used only
  after any other identity files found in ~/.ssh/ have failed pubkey
  authentication.

  When the remote host limits the number of pubkey authentication
  failures before disconnecting, this can lead to a situation where the
  explicit identity file is not even used when connecting to that host.

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