On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 01:25:28PM -0700, OTR Comm wrote:
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> When I execute ssh-agent $shell, I get:
> [root@sec ssh-1.2.26]# ssh-agent $shell
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-root/agent-socket-358; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
> SSH_AGENT_PID=359; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
> echo Agent pid 359;
> I see ssh-agent in my running processes :
> root 359 0.0 0.1 1468 520 ? S 12:40 0:00 ssh-agent
> and I get an entry in /tmp/ssh-root:
> srwx------ 1 root root 0 Oct 30 12:40 agent-socket-358
> Now if I execute ssh-add, I get:
> [root@sec ssh-1.2.26]# ssh-add
> Need passphrase for /root/.ssh/identity ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
> Enter passphrase:
> Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
That's because you don't have the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable
set. Try executing ssh-agent like this:
eval `ssh-agent`
You should then only see the following printed:
Agent pid 359
If you then type this: "set | grep SSH"
You should see this in your environment:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-root/agent-socket-358; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=359; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
Now, ssh-add should work.
I run ssh-agent and direct it's output to a file like this:
ssh-agent > ~/.ssh-agent
. ~/.ssh-agent
Then, any other shell I want to have access to that agent merely
needs to run the command: ". ~/.ssh-agent"
(The leading dot is important... C Shell users should use
"source ~/.ssh-agent" instead.)
> (I did put the correct passpharse in)
> BTW, I do not know if this has anything to do with it, but if I execute
> the ssh-agent -k command (with ssh-agent still in my processes), I get:
> [root@sec .ssh]# ssh-agent -k
> No SSH_AGENT_PID environment variable found
Try "man ssh-agent" and "man ssh-add". These are explained there.
> Does anyone know why the ssh-agent/ssh-add pair are not working?
RTFM...
> Thank you in advance,
> M
Mike
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