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SSH errror: Unable to request agent forwarding

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It is currently not possible to connect to ssh servers that has option AllowAgentForwarding no set.

When connecting to such server terminus shows error: Could not connect: Error: Unable to request agent forwarding

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  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments:8 (1 by maintainers)

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Eugenycommented, Dec 15, 2018

Now fixed together with #496

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Novezeilcommented, Nov 23, 2018

Update: the issue was narrowed down to my own incorrect config on ssh_config, which should not be confused with sshd_config. Running commands such as ssh -l or ssh -- l would likely to show the faulty part in ssh_config.

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