Questions tagged [ssh-agent]
94 questions
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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…
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 shell.…
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…
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…
JanKanis
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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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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: …
max-m
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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…
Gringo Suave
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SSH pubkey authentication works only if another session is already open
Permissions are set correctly on the server (chibi). If I do not have an existing ssh session open to the server, then all new sessions require a password. However if there's already one open, additional ssh sessions authenticate with pubkey…
wting
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