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ssh-agent

How to start and use ssh-agent as systemd service?

August 10, 2022 by Magenaut

How to start ssh-agent as systemd service? There are some suggestions in the net, but they are not complete.

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How to use ssh-agent with multiple (valid) keys and yet choose which one to use?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

Let’s say there are two keys A and B, both of which are valid for [email protected] public key authentication. Since authorized_keys is configured for different behaviour depending on the key, ~/.ssh/config on the client uses something like

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How do I get ssh-agent to work in all terminals?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

I have set up automatic (password less) ssh login to some servers using ssh-copy-id. ssh-agent works only from the terminal where it was run. How do I get ssh-add to work in all my terminals?

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ssh-add returns with: “Error connecting to agent: No such file or directory”

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

ssh-add alone is not working:

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Configuring the default timeout for the SSH agent

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

I use ssh-add to add my SSH keys to the SSH agent. By default, it adds them indefinitely. There’s a command-line option to specify a timeout, but is there a configuration file option which will specify the default timeout?

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