When trying to SSH into GitHub on a Linux computer, you may see the following message in your terminal:
$ ssh -vT [email protected]
> ...
> Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
> debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
> Permission denied (publickey).For more details, see this issue report.
Resolution
You should be able to fix this error by loading your keys into your SSH agent with ssh-add:
# start the ssh-agent in the background
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
> Agent pid 59566
$ ssh-add
> Enter passphrase for /home/you/.ssh/id_rsa: [tippy tap]
> Identity added: /home/you/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/you/.ssh/id_rsa)If your key does not have the default filename (/.ssh/id_rsa), you'll have to pass that path to ssh-add:
# start the ssh-agent in the background
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
> Agent pid 59566
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/my_other_key
> Enter passphrase for /home/you/.ssh/my_other_key: [tappity tap tap]
> Identity added: /home/you/.ssh/my_other_key (/home/you/.ssh/my_other_key)