Sep 26, 2016 · I am new to ssh keys. Can anyone explain how the ssh-agent bash and ssh-add works? I need to understand its internals in future.

Sep 15, 2023 · eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" ssh-add ~/.ssh/my_key (it's a key without a passphrase). This gets old very quickly. Is there a way that I can automate the launch of the ssh agent, and …

Sep 7, 2018 · Generally speaking, and in the context of a gitlab-runner, they are running in a docker-ized version of Ubuntu to setup the ssh environment (agent, keys, and config) to make …

In light of this argument I must warn you against using ssh-agent from the PowerShell port of openssh as it silently uses ondisk storage of your keys in the Registry. See my own question …

Along the lines of How to tell git which private key to use? I would like to use a specific ssh key in a given situation. My problem is that even when I specify '-i something' ssh uses the keys fro...

Apr 14, 2025 · 8 I am trying to use ssh-agent to allow passphrase-less use of an ED25519 SSH key with a passphrase to sign a Git commit. However, whenever I do a commit from command …

Aug 1, 2022 · 4 ssh-agent is a separate executable. It can neither set nor change variables and the environment of your shell. Without a debugger, only the shell itself can do this (compare …

Jun 21, 2022 · For instance, if you have two Fish shell sessions open, and you run ssh-agent / ssh-add in one of them, you still need to run the same in the other, and enter your password …

Dec 16, 2017 · If you already have ssh-agent running then you can add the key, and you'll have to enter the passphrase once, and once only for that session. ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

May 14, 2010 · Here's a simple script that will always re-use the same ssh-agent, or start ssh-agent if it isn't running. The key is to use the -a option to use the same socket name.