Allow user to enter passphrase for configured ssh key

[wmujawar]

Type: Feature Request

Show a dialog or some option for user to enter the SSH key passphrase when connecting to remove machine via SSH

Extension version: 0.115.1
VS Code version: Code 1.95.3 (Universal) (f1a4fb101478ce6ec82fe9627c43efbf9e98c813, 2024-11-13T14:50:04.152Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.1.0
Modes:

[joshspicer]

Are you instead seeing the password prompt where you expect to see the passphrase prompt?

There is support for entering a passphrase for an SSH key:

I did notice, however, if I removed my key from my ssh-agent (ssh-add -d ) and the configuration didn't state an IdentityFile, then SSH would default to prompting for password. This behavior was the same both within VS Code and directly on the terminal.

I suggest either (1) adding your key with ssh-add to a local auth agent or (2) in your host's configuration ensure you're stating which key you want to use:

Host myHost
    HostName 1.2.3.4
    User josh
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/my-key # <----

When I did (2) I was able to see the passphrase prompt and connect successfully from VS Code.

Feel free to reopen with some more detailed steps, and i'll be happy to dig in further!