ssh-agent and ssh-add with openssh-2.2.0p1 on Redhat 7

[John Horne]

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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