openssh unix dev - Oct 2000 - ssh-agent and ssh-add with openssh-2.2.0p1 on Redhat 7

Hi all,

i'm trying to figure out if i'm being silly or if there is a genuine
problem.

Running on the notorious Redhat 7, 2.2.16-22 #1, X86.

[user at host]$ ssh-agent -s
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXYFcFR6/agent.2101; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=2102; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 2102;
[user at host]$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK

[user at host]$ echo $SSH_AGENT_PID

[user at host]$ ssh-add
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
[user at host]$ ls -l /tmp/ssh-XXYFcFR6/
total 0
srwxrwxr-x    1 user user        0 Oct 30 14:26 agent.2101

Is the next version is due reasonably soon?

thanks
Darren

On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 02:41:02PM +0000, Darren Evans
wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> i'm trying to figure out if i'm being silly or if there is a
genuine problem.
> 
> Running on the notorious Redhat 7, 2.2.16-22 #1, X86.
> 
> [user at host]$ ssh-agent -s
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXYFcFR6/agent.2101; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
> SSH_AGENT_PID=2102; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
> echo Agent pid 2102;
Use
  eval `ssh-agent`
to have the appropriate environment variables set. Then the "echo"
and "ssh-add" commands will work properly.

Best regards,
	Lutz
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On 30-Oct-00 at 14:41:02 Darren Evans wrote:
> i'm trying to figure out if i'm being silly or if there is a
genuine
> problem.
> 
> Running on the notorious Redhat 7, 2.2.16-22 #1, X86.
> 
> [user at host]$ ssh-agent -s
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXYFcFR6/agent.2101; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
> SSH_AGENT_PID=2102; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
> echo Agent pid 2102;
> [user at host]$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
> 
My understanding is that the '-s' option shows the shell commands to be
executed (if its not a C shell) - not that they *are* executed. For that
reason in my .bash_profile file I have:

        eval `ssh-agent` >/dev/null
        SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/ssh/ssh-askpass
        export SSH_ASKPASS

        ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa               (I use protocol 2)
 
(Using X (KDE) login) this sets up the correct variables. The 'eval'
executes what 'ssh-agent' displays. The ssh-add runs Jim Knobles
x11-askpass
program to store my passphrase once upon login (very handy :-) )

I have openssh (rpms) running fine under RH7 with the 2.2.16, 2.2.17 kernels
and 2.4.0-pre6 at home.

John.

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E-mail: jhorne at plymouth.ac.uk
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Thank you for showing me how to use ssh-agent ;-)

I'd like to suggest this information is added to the man page
for this great program.

 >Use
 >eval `ssh-agent`
 >to have the appropriate environment variables set. Then the
"echo"
 >and "ssh-add" commands will work properly.
>[user at host]$ ssh-agent -s
>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXYFcFR6/agent.2101; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
>SSH_AGENT_PID=2102; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
>echo Agent pid 2102;
>[user at host]$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
>
>[user at host]$ echo $SSH_AGENT_PID
>
>[user at host]$ ssh-add
>Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
>[user at host]$ ls -l /tmp/ssh-XXYFcFR6/
>total 0
>srwxrwxr-x    1 user user        0 Oct 30 14:26 agent.2101