.ssh/config: "Bad configuration option: UseKeychain" on Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6
Try to specify another option, namely IgnoreUnknown
like below:
Host *
IgnoreUnknown UseKeychain
UseKeychain yes
You can find more info about this here.
If you already have an IgnoreUnknown
value, use comma separated values
Host *
IgnoreUnknown AddKeysToAgent,UseKeychain
AddKeysToAgent yes
UseKeychain yes
If you have multiple Host
configs that use the UseKeychain
option, make sure to put
Host *
IgnoreUnknown UseKeychain
before the first host that uses the the option, e.g. put it at the top of the file.
The accepted answer helped me but did not completely solve my problem because I had multiple options that were bad. Here is an example of what it might look like if you have this issue:
Host *
IgnoreUnknown AddKeysToAgent,UseKeychain
AddKeysToAgent yes
UseKeychain yes
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Instead of ssh-add type ‘open .ssh/id_rsa’ and add it to the keychain
The UseKeychain option never appeared as bad on my config, but I have in the beginning, before any other host, the following
Host *
UseKeychain yes
Host (...)