[patch] Automatically add keys to agent

Joachim Schipper joachim at joachimschipper.nl
Tue Jan 19 11:30:34 EST 2010


On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:28:59AM +1100, Damien Miller wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Joachim Schipper wrote:
> >      AddKeyToAgent
> >        If this option is set to ``yes'' and ssh-agent(1) is running, any
> >        keys used will be added to the agent (with the default lifetime).
> >        Setting this to ``ask'' will cause ssh to require confirmation
> >        using the SSH_ASKPASS program before the key is added (see
> >        ssh-add(1) for details).  The argument must be ``yes'', ``ask'',
> >        or ``no''.  The default is ``no''.
> 
> Please file it at https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/ so it doesn't get lost.
> We can take a look at it after OpenSSH-5.4 ships.

I filed a new and enhanced version (it now adds all keys which can be
unlocked with the passphrase) as Bug 1699,
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1699.

I'll be happy to make any requested changes. But yeah, getting the new
release out should take priority - this is just a convenience feature.

		Joachim


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