Git

Modified

September 3, 2024

Github

Troubleshoot SSH

One of my machines does not keep my ssh authentication running. Below are some commands I use to check that the ssh-agent is running and using the right key to authenticate with my github repositories.

Shell

# Check if ssh key appears 
ssh-add -l -E sha256

# Start the ssh-agent in the background, if not already running
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

# Reload ssh key, include file if using different naming convention than `id_rsa`
ssh-add ~/.ssh/my_key