Sep 26, 2016 · eval `ssh-agent` – this runs the agent in background, and sets the apropriate environment variables for the current shell instance. (ssh-agent, when started with no arguments, outputs commands to be interpreted by your shell.) exec ssh-agent bash – starts a new instance of the bash shell, replacing the current one.

Sep 15, 2023 · Right now, the problem with this is that the required environment variables (e.g. SSH_AGENT_PID, SSH_AUTH_SOCK) are emptied (lost) after you close the first terminal. You can kill the agent with killall ssh-agent, but you'll lose the keys stored in it, specially if they're added with the option AddKeysToAgent. –

Oct 17, 2020 · When I reinstalled git, there was an option to use windows openssh instead of git's own ssh, and then my git bash was able to access windows' own ssh-agent using ssh-add -l,VSCODE successfully synched the change.

You must configure OpenSSH Authentication Agent service to automatically start (or you can start it manually every time when opening your PowerShell for the first time: Start-Service ssh-agent). After that, you need to ssh-add C:\path\to\your\ssh\key\id_rsa only once. After that, every time the ssh-agent is started, the key will be there.

Yes, this is how it works. You can't choose between different keys when using ssh-agent. One way is to start multiple ssh-agents and switch between them either using different wrappers for different github operations or just switching between ssh-agents (changing SSH_AUTH_SOCK) –

Jun 25, 2019 · On Windows 11, at least, you can SSH Agent forwarding is avaialable, but you need to run the ssh authentication agent: Open the 'Services' application from the Start menu. Scroll down to 'OpenSSH Authentication Agent'. Right-click the service to access its 'Properties'. Change its 'Startup type' to 'Automatic (Delayed Start)'. 'OK' to save your ...

Jun 21, 2022 · For instance, if you have two Fish shell sessions open, and you run ssh-agent/ssh-add in one of them, you still need to run the same in the other, and enter your password again. There are ways to share the agent among shell sessions , but Keychain handles it for you.

Jun 12, 2020 · Generally speaking, and in the context of a gitlab-runner, they are running in a docker-ized version of Ubuntu to setup the ssh environment (agent, keys, and config) to make it possible for the runner to get access to the git repository.

Aug 1, 2022 · ssh-agent tries to tell if your shell is sh-like or csh-like, and generates shell code accordingly. In other words it behaves like ssh-agent -s or ssh-agent -c, depending on what it "thinks" about your shell. If you know your shell is zsh then you may prefer eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" in case the tool guesses wrong for some reason. Usually this is ...

The ssh-agent keeps your decrypted keys securely in memory and in your session. There is no reasonable and safe way to preserve the decrypted keys among reboots/re-logins. There is no reasonable and safe way to preserve the decrypted keys among reboots/re-logins.