Select specific SSH key

[maddie-m]

Is there any way to specify for RBW ssh agent to use a particular SSH key for a given host? I am frequently running into the issue where it attempts all keys and then gets locked out for too many authentication failures, or uses the wrong key (for example, when trying to authenticate for two separate GitHub accounts).

[komapro]

If an okay compromise is still storing a public key also on your device, you can achieve what you want by appending

IdentityFile <path-to-public-key>
IdentitiesOnly yes

to the host specific settings in your ssh config. The private key will still be retrieved from rbw.

[maddie-m]

Thank you! I will try that out. I knew about IdentityFile but not IdentitiesOnly so that sounds like what I need.