Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:18:20 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> Cc: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com>, bluethundr <bluethundr@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh-agent and ssh-add on FreeBSD Message-ID: <4CF426AC.6030507@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20101129190842.GA57956@freebsd.org> References: <AANLkTim6XMPMt8wyyGQ5sLh-V76DobVHRBRgGfAcU5pO@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=O9RJ92wXTyeMHBtt_5T-4PKXe6=BVpcoekXWZ@mail.gmail.com> <20101129190842.GA57956@freebsd.org>
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On 29/11/2010 19:08, Alexander Best wrote:
>>> [bluethundr@LBSD2:~]#ssh sum1
>>> > > Enter passphrase for key '/home/bluethundr/.ssh/id_rsa':
>>> > > [bluethundr@LBSD2:~]#exec ssh-agent bash
> ^^ this looks wrong. i think you want eval `ssh-agent` so the envars ge=
t set.
> otherwise ssh-add won't know where to look for a running ssh-agent.
Both forms are correct. "eval $(ssh-agent)" modifies the environment in
the current shell so ssh-add can contact ssh-agent, whereas "ssh-agent
bash" causes ssh-agent to run a copy of bash, which will it will pass
down the appropriate environmental settings to. "exec" is just gravy,
in that it replaces the current shell with the ssh-agent process, rather
than leaving it lying around uselessly.
For the OP: no good idea why the command isn't working for you. Try it
without the exec and also try it adding '-d' to the ssh-agent flags to
see if the debug output contains any clues. Be sure /tmp has the
correct permissions (1777) and that the partition hasn't filled up, so
running ssh-agent can create a directory containing the unix domain
socket ssh-add uses to connect to the agent.
As for installing keychain try:
# cd /usr/ports/security/keychain
# make all install clean
or if you've installed it:
# portmaster security/keychain
Cheers,
Matthew
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