openssh-2.2 allows you to use the agent from
the host where the agent is running.
openssh-2.3 does support agent forwarding, too.
-markus
On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 08:31:36PM +0000, primus wrote:> Mon Dec 25 20:19:05 GMT 2000
>
> Greetings.
>
> I noticed that in OpenSSH_2.2.0, DSA keys were
> allowed to be added to ssh-agent, however the
> ability for allowing ForwardAgent does not yet
> seem in place for protocol-2.
>
> I've noticed that when using protocol-2, no socket
> is created in /tmp/ssh-*/, and consequently
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK is not being set. Hence the ability
> to ssh to another machine (using protocol-1 or
> protocol-2) without being asked for a password is
> lost.
>
> Is this something currently under development, or
> is it just a completely bad idea? If the latter,
> what are the technical reasons?
>
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> primus