SSH Agent Forwarding not working even when using `ssh -A`

Solution 1:

I've been trying to troubleshoot this problem for nearly seven years, and finally it get solved -- I launch keychain in my ~/.profile, which starts its own 'ssh-agent', even on machine B & C. This is the source of the problem, because keychain's ssh-agent overshadow the sshd provided one.

Removing it (keychain) from my ~/.profile solved the problem.

Update, another possibility, ssh-agent etc. usually get started as part of starting up the GUI on the local system. e.g., in another case, the call's hidden in /etc/X11/xdm/sys.xsession!

I confirm my SSH Agent Forwarding is working by doing, in MachineA,

ssh -t MachineB ssh MachineC

while ssh MachineB then, within it ssh MachineC was failing.

I'll start it (ssh-agent from keychain etc) manually only from machine A from now on.