Questions tagged [ssh-agent]
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passwordless ssh not working
I've tried to setup a password-less ssh b/w A to B and B to A as well. Generated the public and private key using ssh-keygen -trsa on both the machines. Used the ssh-copy-id utility to copy the public-keys from A to B as well as B to A . The…
Cuurious
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ssh-add command does not add my identity to ssh-agent
I just installed ubuntu 13.10 and I was about to add my identity to my ssh-agent so I open up a Terminal and did this bjorgvin@buntu:~$ ssh-add -l The agent has no identities. bjorgvin@buntu:~$ ssh-add bjorgvin@buntu:~$ ssh-add -l The agent has no…
bjorgvin
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How to use multiple ssh keys with different accounts and hosts
i have multiple ssh keys and i have also have account on bitbucket and github. how when ever i use pull it gives me error :/var/www/proj$ git pull origin master conq: repository access denied. fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly or if i ssh…
Iori
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What are the differences between keychain and ssh-ident
I'm considering using a tool to setup my ssh-agent environment so I only need to enter my ssh key once. What is the difference between ssh-ident and keychain ? Does one have advantages over the other?
Tom Hale
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What could be the reason, that private keys are not unlocked?
Since I updated to Ubuntu 17.10 a while ago, my private keys – the which I use for example to access my server via ssh – are not unlocked programmatically after login anymore. My understanding is, that usually the seahorse client should take care of…
user5950
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How to avoid typing ssh-add everytime
I read and followed some online documentation on how to set up a ssh-agent so that I don't need to type in password every time I ssh to a remote machine. However, with the help of ssh-agent , I still need to do ssh-add every time I restart the…
ssgao
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Why won't ssh-agent save my unencrypted key for later use?
Every time I SSH into another server from our headless Ubuntu server I am asked for the password to my key file. Even if I have previously connected to the server. Do you have any idea why this maybe? It could be something as simple as ssh-agent not…
Treffynnon
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Doing an ssh-add upon ssh/slogin if key is not in ssh-agent?
When I'm running Gnome, ssh-agent will run ssh-add upon slogin/ssh if the identity is not loaded. I want to mimic this behavior on remote shells, but everything I find suggests to run ssh-add upon login. I only want to run ssh-add if I subsequently…
Pete Ashdown
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Why isn't my keyring in Ubuntu working?
I have encrypted my id_rsa with a password. I think Ubuntu has a keyring system which prevents me from inputting password every time I have to use id_rsa , like git push . Sometimes I don't need to type in the password, sometimes I do. When I…
dspjm
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Why can't I interact with my ssh-agent? (e.g. ssh-add -D doesn't work)
On my Kubuntu 14.04 system I'm trying to manage keys with my SSH agent, but somehow it appears to ignore my ssh-add commands. Look at this below and you'll see what I mean. List the current keys ⟫ ssh-add -l 2048…
gertvdijk
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xubuntu: stop gnome-keyring-daemon from impersonating ssh-agent
I want to use the real ssh-agent instead of gnome-keyring in xubuntu. I followed the steps from http://dtek.net/blog/how-stop-gnome-keyring-clobbering-opensshs-ssh-agent-ubuntu-1204 , but gnome keyring still registers itself as ssh-agent. I still…
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Which private keys are tested by ssh without configuration?
I know there are several questions about ssh keys and how to configure it. But I found none to answer my question. So here it is: I have several ssh keys in my .ssh directory. For some remotes different keys. Now I have neither configured in…
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How to install ssh keychain on Ubuntu with WSL
Please help me understand how to install SSH keychain on my Ubuntu under WSL in order for me to be able to configure my .ssh/config to use it. I'm taking some online training, and I've tried setting up my config file like the instructor (who is…
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Switch to openssh-agent
My problem is to get ssh-agent instead of gnome-keyring up and running on a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.10. $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.10 Release: 16.10 Codename: yakkety I have…
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Why do ssh operations always ask for passphrase? (with ed25519)
I just updated my ssh key and added a passphrase, however it constantly nags me for it now, such as when I do a git (or mercurial hg) push. ssh-agent is running: xxx 1303 1118 0 09:16 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch…
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