ssh-pageant hangs under Win10
Greetings, All! I have an issue with ssh-pageant. Every now and then its response time begin to rise, up to complete unusability. I've been forced to include a small wrapper > ssh-add -l > /dev/null 2>&1 & > sleep 1 > if kill -0 $! 2> /dev/null; then > echo "$( basename "$0" ): ssh-add: the agent is hung, unable to continue" > >&2 > exit 1 > fi to detect if agent is responsive, and a hourly hartbeat check with forced agent restart in case of failure. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Tuesday, July 20, 2021 10:35:08 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
Greetings, Chris Rodgers! > Thanks for the detailed reply. Interesting! >> It's not that simple. You can't blindly restart agent every time you wish >> without notifying other programs, `--reuse` is a very bad idea and there's >> no easy way to set/change an environment variable globally for an entire >> user session. > May I ask, why do you say "--reuse" is a very bad idea? I'd be > interested to know in general, not just when considering this change. With --reuse you're using predictable name, and not checking its permissions. You can never know if that socket was actually created by you or left there by accident. If you noticed, I trash both socket and agent configuration before activating the agent anew. That gives me a little more control on what's going on in the system. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Thursday, April 23, 2020 23:46:25 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 1:00 PM Thomas Wolff wrote: > The Cygwin package manager (setup) in the description of the ssh-pageant > package: > "SSH agent for Cygwin/MSYS that links to PuTTY's Pageant" The language is a bit imprecise, I suppose. Pageant is related to but != PuTTY - you don't have to use PuTTY to use Pageant (you may just prefer to use Pageant instead of ssh-agent or whatever and not use PuTTY). Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
Dear Andrew, Thanks for the detailed reply. Interesting! It's not that simple. You can't blindly restart agent every time you wish without notifying other programs, `--reuse` is a very bad idea and there's no easy way to set/change an environment variable globally for an entire user session. May I ask, why do you say "--reuse" is a very bad idea? I'd be interested to know in general, not just when considering this change. Best wishes, Chris. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
Greetings, Chris Rodgers! > I find the ssh-pageant package helpful to enable cygwin ssh to interact > seamlessly with PuTTY's Pageant SSH agent. One small issue is that after > installing, one has to add the lines: >> |# ssh-pageant eval $(/usr/bin/ssh-pageant -r -a >> "/tmp/.ssh-pageant-$USERNAME")| > (see https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant) > <https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant>to .bashrc for each user. > Would it be acceptable to update the ssh-pageant package to add a file > /etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh that does this automatically? It's not that simple. You can't blindly restart agent every time you wish without notifying other programs, `--reuse` is a very bad idea and there's no easy way to set/change an environment variable globally for an entire user session. > Or is there another preferred way to do this, e.g. a postinstall script? > I'd be happy to draft a script file for review. Just create a script for yourself and amend your own .bashrc accordingly. I do it this way: 1. Add - 8< - 8< - 8< - 8< - # Import ssh-pageant settings test -f "$HOME/.ssh/agent" && . "$HOME/.ssh/agent" - >8 - >8 - >8 - >8 - near the end of .bashrc 2. Create a script `$HOME/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh` - 8< - 8< - 8< - 8< - #!/bin/sh [ -x /usr/bin/ssh-pageant ] || return _agent="$HOME/.ssh/agent" eval set -- $( getopt --shell=sh -o 'k' -- "$@" ) test -f "$_agent" && . "$_agent" if [ "$SSH_PAGEANT_PID" ]; then if test "$1" = "-k"; then /usr/bin/ssh-pageant -qk 2> /dev/null fi if ! kill -0 "$SSH_PAGEANT_PID" 2> /dev/null; then # Reap dead agent's socket rm "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" "$_agent" 2> /dev/null unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_PAGEANT_PID fi fi test "$1" = "-k" && exit test "$SSH_PAGEANT_PID" && exit socket="$( mktemp -u /var/run/ssh- )" eval $( cygdrop -- /usr/bin/ssh-pageant -qsa "$socket" | tee "$_agent" ) # Remove empty settings file (agent failed to start). test -s "$_agent" || rm "$_agent" - >8 - >8 - >8 - >8 - 3. Create login job to run scripts from ~/profile.d/ on user login. 4. If you need agent settings in a different script, that may be run outside normal terminal/shell workflow, just add - 8< - 8< - 8< - 8< - test -f "$HOME/.ssh/agent" && . "$HOME/.ssh/agent" - >8 - >8 - >8 - >8 - near the top. 5. Don't forget to `ssh-pageant.sh -k` before running Cygwin setup. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Thursday, April 23, 2020 21:28:24 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
So.. one more thing to consider. I just had a look in the cygwin package search for packages shipping files in /etc/profile.d/ It turns out that one example already shipping in Cygwin is http://www.cygwin.com/packages/x86_64/gnome-ssh-askpass/gnome-ssh-askpass-7.4-1 gnome-ssh-askpass: GTK+ passphrase grabber for ssh-add 2017-03-17 00:34 0 etc/ 2017-03-17 00:34 0 etc/profile.d/ 2017-03-17 00:34 97 etc/profile.d/gnome-ssh-askpass.csh 2017-03-17 00:34 52 etc/profile.d/gnome-ssh-askpass.fish 2017-03-17 00:34 52 etc/profile.d/gnome-ssh-askpass.sh 2017-03-17 00:34 0 usr/ 2017-03-17 00:34 0 usr/lib/ 2017-03-17 00:34 0 usr/libexec/ 2017-03-17 00:34 14867 usr/libexec/gnome-ssh-askpass.exe 2017-03-17 00:34 0 usr/share/ 2017-03-17 00:34 0 usr/share/doc/ 2017-03-17 00:34 0 usr/share/doc/gnome-ssh-askpass/ 2017-03-17 00:341253 usr/share/doc/gnome-ssh-askpass/COPYING 2017-03-17 00:34 531 usr/share/doc/gnome-ssh-askpass/README There, 3 shell scripts are provided to cover users of several shells. I could do that. And the contents are: $ cat gnome-ssh-askpass.sh export SSH_ASKPASS="/usr/libexec/gnome-ssh-askpass" $ cat gnome-ssh-askpass.csh if ( ! $?SSH_ASKPASS ) setenv SSH_ASKPASS "" setenv SSH_ASKPASS "/usr/libexec/gnome-ssh-askpass" $ cat gnome-ssh-askpass.fish set -x SSH_ASKPASS "/usr/libexec/gnome-ssh-askpass" Is there any mileage in the argument that if we do this for Gnome's SSH helper, we can also reasonably do it for ssh-pageant? I'll leave this for now and see whether anyone else has an opinion. Best wishes, Chris. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
Am 23.04.2020 um 20:31 schrieb Andrey Repin: Greetings, Thomas Wolff! Am 23.04.2020 um 15:50 schrieb Chris Rodgers: Hi, I find the ssh-pageant package helpful to enable cygwin ssh to interact seamlessly with PuTTY's Pageant SSH agent. One small issue is that after installing, one has to add the lines: |# ssh-pageant eval $(/usr/bin/ssh-pageant -r -a "/tmp/.ssh-pageant-$USERNAME")| (see https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant) <https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant>to .bashrc for each user. Would it be acceptable to update the ssh-pageant package to add a file /etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh that does this automatically? Does what? Add something to other users' profiles? Sounds like MS-style patronizing of user preferences. Certainly not appreciated by most people. Also, why should most cygwin users want to use ssh via putty? Mintty + ssh is a seamless modular solution. Who said anything about putty? The Cygwin package manager (setup) in the description of the ssh-pageant package: "SSH agent for Cygwin/MSYS that links to PuTTY's Pageant" We're speaking about pageant - the key keeper. Which has a better support in Windows apps than Cygwin's ssh-agent. While I agree with your judgement, I don't get your patronizing. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
Greetings, Thomas Wolff! > Am 23.04.2020 um 15:50 schrieb Chris Rodgers: >> Hi, >> >> I find the ssh-pageant package helpful to enable cygwin ssh to >> interact seamlessly with PuTTY's Pageant SSH agent. One small issue is >> that after installing, one has to add the lines: >> >>> |# ssh-pageant eval $(/usr/bin/ssh-pageant -r -a >>> "/tmp/.ssh-pageant-$USERNAME")| >> (see https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant) >> <https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant>to .bashrc for each user. >> >> Would it be acceptable to update the ssh-pageant package to add a file >> /etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh that does this automatically? > Does what? Add something to other users' profiles? Sounds like MS-style > patronizing of user preferences. Certainly not appreciated by most > people. Also, why should most cygwin users want to use ssh via putty? > Mintty + ssh is a seamless modular solution. Who said anything about putty? We're speaking about pageant - the key keeper. Which has a better support in Windows apps than Cygwin's ssh-agent. While I agree with your judgement, I don't get your patronizing. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Thursday, April 23, 2020 21:29:02 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
On 2020-04-23 07:50, Chris Rodgers wrote: > I find the ssh-pageant package helpful to enable cygwin ssh to interact > seamlessly with PuTTY's Pageant SSH agent. One small issue is that after > installing, one has to add the lines: > # ssh-pageant > eval $(/usr/bin/ssh-pageant -r -a "/tmp/.ssh-pageant-$USERNAME") > (see https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant) > to .bashrc for each user. > Would it be acceptable to update the ssh-pageant package to add a file > /etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh that does this automatically? > Or is there another preferred way to do this, e.g. a postinstall script? > I'd be happy to draft a script file for review. For the general case, you may want to suggest that the maintainer include instructions about this in each upgrade notice, but nothing should be done in the package as it assumes too much about users' environments. For example: what if their default shell/s is/are not bash, or they don't already have a .bashrc, and shouldn't you do that setup in whatever their shell profile is, if they have one, and what if they don't; what if Pageant or Cygwin don't use Cygwin /tmp/ but some other TMPDIR e.g. Windows ~/AppData/Local/Temp/; what if your users run ssh from cmd without starting Cygwin; etc.? You may do what your users allow you on their systems, but you have to ensure that your Putty/Pageant and ssh setup additions work flawlessly on all of them, coordinating between what you do for Pageant and what you do for ssh. You may want to consider doing whatever is required in each user's ssh_config if possible, or /etc/ssh_config to provide users defaults, as those depend least on each user's environment. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
On 23/04/2020 17:40, Chris Rodgers wrote: Thomas Wolff wrote: >/Would it be acceptable to update the ssh-pageant package to add a file />//etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh that does this automatically? /Does what? Add something to other users' profiles? P.S. I realise I may have been unclear. By "does this" I mean running |eval $(/usr/bin/ssh-pageant -r -a "/tmp/.ssh-pageant-$USERNAME")| when ssh-pageant package is installed on the system, as a line in /etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh file included with the package. There would then not be any changes to the per-user .bash_profile or .bashrc files. BW Chris. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
Thomas Wolff wrote: >/Would it be acceptable to update the ssh-pageant package to add a file />//etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh that does this automatically? /Does what? Add something to other users' profiles? Sounds like MS-style patronizing of user preferences. Certainly not appreciated by most people. Also, why should most cygwin users want to use ssh via putty? Mintty + ssh is a seamless modular solution. > The sole purpose of installing ssh-pageant is to use pageant as an SSH key agent for openssh. It's not a base package. So the users who install ssh-pageant on their machines presumably want pageant to be their ssh key agent for openssh. So I am proposing that this should work immediately after the package is installed, without requiring editing the .bash_profile file. Adding a file to /etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh seems like it would be a simple way to achieve this. I guess there is an issue for multi-user machines where different users want to use different SSH agents wherein the default ssh agent would be set for all users on installing ssh-pageant package. It can still trivially be overridden by a .bash_profile configuration of an SSH key agent in the user profile scripts. What do people think? My driver is that it would be nice to streamline the standard setup for folk in my lab. The other thought I had was to add a postinstall script, like some fedora or ubtuntu packages have. Are these allowed to prompt the user interactively whether they wish to configure the profile setting? BW Chris. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: ssh-pageant
Am 23.04.2020 um 15:50 schrieb Chris Rodgers: Hi, I find the ssh-pageant package helpful to enable cygwin ssh to interact seamlessly with PuTTY's Pageant SSH agent. One small issue is that after installing, one has to add the lines: |# ssh-pageant eval $(/usr/bin/ssh-pageant -r -a "/tmp/.ssh-pageant-$USERNAME")| (see https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant) <https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant>to .bashrc for each user. Would it be acceptable to update the ssh-pageant package to add a file /etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh that does this automatically? Does what? Add something to other users' profiles? Sounds like MS-style patronizing of user preferences. Certainly not appreciated by most people. Also, why should most cygwin users want to use ssh via putty? Mintty + ssh is a seamless modular solution. Or is there another preferred way to do this, e.g. a postinstall script? I'd be happy to draft a script file for review. Thanks, Chris. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
ssh-pageant
Hi, I find the ssh-pageant package helpful to enable cygwin ssh to interact seamlessly with PuTTY's Pageant SSH agent. One small issue is that after installing, one has to add the lines: |# ssh-pageant eval $(/usr/bin/ssh-pageant -r -a "/tmp/.ssh-pageant-$USERNAME")| (see https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant) <https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant>to .bashrc for each user. Would it be acceptable to update the ssh-pageant package to add a file /etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh that does this automatically? Or is there another preferred way to do this, e.g. a postinstall script? I'd be happy to draft a script file for review. Thanks, Chris. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: ssh-pageant-1.4-1
Hi Andrey On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: Finally I can have access to elevated pageant from regular desktop! Autostart (elevated): test -f $HOME/.ssh_agent . $HOME/.ssh_agent eval $(ssh-pageant.exe -k) ssh-pageant.exe -s | tee $HOME/.ssh_agent .bashrc: test -f $HOME/.ssh_agent . $HOME/.ssh_agent Works like a charm! Very intriguing. What is this elevated autostart thing? Some script you put in your autostart folder in the start menu? How do you get Windows to run it? I'm glad you're happy with the package :-) Michael -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: ssh-pageant-1.4-1
Greetings, Michael Wild! Version 1.4-1 of ssh-pageant has been uploaded. ssh-pageant is a tiny tool for Windows that allows you to use SSH keys from PuTTY's Pageant in Cygwin and MSYS shell environments. You can use ssh-pageant to automate SSH connections from those shells, which is useful for services built on top of SSH, like SFTP file transfers or pushing to secure git repositories. You. Are. The. Best. Finally I can have access to elevated pageant from regular desktop! Autostart (elevated): test -f $HOME/.ssh_agent . $HOME/.ssh_agent eval $(ssh-pageant.exe -k) ssh-pageant.exe -s | tee $HOME/.ssh_agent .bashrc: test -f $HOME/.ssh_agent . $HOME/.ssh_agent Works like a charm! Now, I don't know, what is more important. Long-awaited Cygwin .34 release or sudden availability of transparent key-based authentication to the userland. I'll probably put them both on the same height. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdae...@yandex.ru) 04.02.2015, 19:49 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: [ITP] ssh-pageant 1.4
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com wrote: On Jan 30 19:26, Michael Wild wrote: On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Andrew Schulman schulman.and...@epa.gov wrote: Dear all I would like to package ssh-pageant and propose it for inclusion in Cygwin. The small tool acts like an ssh-agent, but instead of storing its own keys, it is connecting to the PuTTY Pageant tool. This way the very useful Pageant tool can be used from Cygwin and no separate ssh-agent is required. +1 Since this package is not in any Linux distro, I need five GTG's, right? So keep 'em coming :-) I was unclear in my reply. What I was trying to say is, you don't need the votes. Just go ahead, you should be able to upload this package already. Thanks, I just uploaded it right now.
[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: ssh-pageant-1.4-1
Version 1.4-1 of ssh-pageant has been uploaded. ssh-pageant is a tiny tool for Windows that allows you to use SSH keys from PuTTY's Pageant in Cygwin and MSYS shell environments. You can use ssh-pageant to automate SSH connections from those shells, which is useful for services built on top of SSH, like SFTP file transfers or pushing to secure git repositories. ssh-pageant works like ssh-agent, except that it leaves the key storage to PuTTY's Pageant. It sets up an authentication socket and prints the environment variables, which allows OpenSSH connections to use it. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the List-Unsubscribe: tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe- you=yourdomain.com at cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
New package: ssh-pageant-1.4-1
Version 1.4-1 of ssh-pageant has been uploaded. ssh-pageant is a tiny tool for Windows that allows you to use SSH keys from PuTTY's Pageant in Cygwin and MSYS shell environments. You can use ssh-pageant to automate SSH connections from those shells, which is useful for services built on top of SSH, like SFTP file transfers or pushing to secure git repositories. ssh-pageant works like ssh-agent, except that it leaves the key storage to PuTTY's Pageant. It sets up an authentication socket and prints the environment variables, which allows OpenSSH connections to use it. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the List-Unsubscribe: tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe- you=yourdomain.com at cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL.
Re: [ITP] ssh-pageant 1.4
On Jan 30 19:26, Michael Wild wrote: On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Andrew Schulman schulman.and...@epa.gov wrote: Dear all I would like to package ssh-pageant and propose it for inclusion in Cygwin. The small tool acts like an ssh-agent, but instead of storing its own keys, it is connecting to the PuTTY Pageant tool. This way the very useful Pageant tool can be used from Cygwin and no separate ssh-agent is required. +1 Since this package is not in any Linux distro, I need five GTG's, right? So keep 'em coming :-) I was unclear in my reply. What I was trying to say is, you don't need the votes. Just go ahead, you should be able to upload this package already. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat pgpYC0RiNIUYK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [ITP] ssh-pageant 1.4
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Andrew Schulman schulman.and...@epa.gov wrote: Dear all I would like to package ssh-pageant and propose it for inclusion in Cygwin. The small tool acts like an ssh-agent, but instead of storing its own keys, it is connecting to the PuTTY Pageant tool. This way the very useful Pageant tool can be used from Cygwin and no separate ssh-agent is required. +1 Since this package is not in any Linux distro, I need five GTG's, right? So keep 'em coming :-) Michael
Re: [ITP] ssh-pageant 1.4
Dear all I would like to package ssh-pageant and propose it for inclusion in Cygwin. The small tool acts like an ssh-agent, but instead of storing its own keys, it is connecting to the PuTTY Pageant tool. This way the very useful Pageant tool can be used from Cygwin and no separate ssh-agent is required. +1
[ITP] ssh-pageant 1.4
Dear all I would like to package ssh-pageant and propose it for inclusion in Cygwin. The small tool acts like an ssh-agent, but instead of storing its own keys, it is connecting to the PuTTY Pageant tool. This way the very useful Pageant tool can be used from Cygwin and no separate ssh-agent is required. ssh-pageant being developed specifically for Cygwin/MSYS it is naturally not included in Linux distros. My proposed setup.hint: category: Net requires: sdesc: SSH agent for Cygwin/MSYS that links to PuTTY's Pageant ldesc: ssh-pageant is a tiny tool for Windows that allows you to use SSH keys from PuTTY's Pageant in Cygwin and MSYS shell environments. You can use ssh-pageant to automate SSH connections from those shells, which is useful for services built on top of SSH, like SFTP file transfers or pushing to secure git repositories. ssh-pageant works like ssh-agent, except that it leaves the key storage to PuTTY's Pageant. It sets up an authentication socket and prints the environment variables, which allows OpenSSH connections to use it. The package build successfully and everything works for me. The package files are available for inspection from: https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.i686/setup.hint https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.i686/ssh-pageant-1.4-1-src.tar.xz https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.i686/ssh-pageant-1.4-1.tar.xz https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.i686/setup-debuginfo.hint https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.i686/ssh-pageant-debuginfo-1.4-1.tar.xz https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.x86_64/setup.hint https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.x86_64/ssh-pageant-1.4-1-src.tar.xz https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.x86_64/ssh-pageant-1.4-1.tar.xz https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.x86_64/setup-debuginfo.hint https://github.com/themiwi/cygwin/releases/download/cyg-ssh-pageant-1.4-1.x86_64/ssh-pageant-debuginfo-1.4-1.tar.xz Once I get the required GTG's, I will upload the package. Kind regards Michael
