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Fixing the SSH tunnel with Sequel Pro on MacOS Sierra

Fixing the SSH tunnel with Sequel Pro on MacOS Sierra

Sequel Pro is one of the most popular database tools for the Mac. With the release of MacOS Sierra, I had a few issues connecting to my saved databases that used the SSH tunnel method of connecting. The error I kept getting was:

debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 535
debug1: read_passphrase: can't open /dev/tty: Device not configured
debug1: permanently_drop_suid: 501

The fix involved two steps. The first is to be sure your id_rsa file has the proper permissions.

chmod 600 id_rsa

Then, in your Sequel Pro connection change the key file from id_rsa.pub to the none pub version, id_rsa.