ssh-agent in Cygwin?

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Fri Dec 18 01:09:18 EST 2009


Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > I don't quite understand the question.  Cygwin's ssh-agent is
> > > working just like on other platforms, using AF_UNIX sockets.
> > 
> > Ok! Are those sockets somehow reachable from native win32?
> 
> No.  Why is that necesary?  libssh2 should be usable within the Cygwin
> POSIX layer without using any native Win32 functions.

Yes, but I'm thinking of the case where a win32 app is using libssh2
and there is an ssh-agent in Cygwin. If not too difficult, it would
be nice to make that too work. (win32 app+pageant and cygwin
app+cygwin ssh-agent should work already, this is another case.)


//Peter


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