Including a snippet for .bashrc on linux-like environment
2020-83-118 2 min read
Windows environment
It’s best to configure OpenSSH Authentication Agent service to automatically start.Alternatively, you can start it manually every time when opening powershell for the first time:
Start-Servicessh-agent
To have SSH agent to automatically start with Windows, you can run (from elevated powershell prompt):
Set-Servicessh-agent-StartupTypeAutomatic
After that, you need to add your ssh key once:
ssh-addC:\Users\your-name\ssh\id_rsa
Now everytime the ssh-agent is started, the key will be there. You can check which keys are registered with the ssh-agent:
On linux or in git-for-windows environment, I use the following snippet in my .bashrc to achieve the same effect:
# This is used to start ssh-agent once when git-bash is started.# Saves typing the ssh key password every time you interact with# a remote repo.env=~/.ssh/agent.envagent_load_env (){test -f "$env"&& . "$env" >| /dev/null ;}agent_start (){(umask 077; ssh-agent >|"$env") . "$env" >| /dev/null ;}agent_load_env# agent_run_state: 0=agent running w/ key; 1=agent w/o key; 2= agent not runningagent_run_state=$(ssh-add -l >| /dev/null 2>&1;echo$?)if[ ! "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"]||[$agent_run_state=2];then agent_start ssh-addelif["$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"]&&[$agent_run_state=1];then ssh-addfiunset env
Start-Service ssh-agent. If this gives you red letters and an error then we need to start the service in the GUI. I don't know how to do it in Powershell. Type services in your search bar. ...
Get-Service ssh-agent | Select StartType. Then start the ssh-agent.
Running ssh-add -l will display all keys currently known to your agent. If the list is empty, you have an ssh-agent running, but no keys currently unlocked. If you receive an error message like Could not open a connection to your authentication agent. you need to start the agent first (see above).
The SSH agent is used for SSH public key authentication. It uses SSH keys for authentication. Users can create SSH keys using the ssh-keygen command and install them on servers using the ssh-copy-id command.
ssh-agent enhances security by allowing you to use passphrase-protected SSH keys without entering the passphrase every time. However, anyone with access to the agent's socket and your user permissions can use the keys managed by the agent. Therefore, it's crucial to secure your system adequately.
Go to Connection > SSH and set the Remote command to bash . Note that you won't be able to exit to your default shell, it will just close the connection.
You can start an SSH session in your command prompt by executing ssh user@machine and you will be prompted to enter your password. You can create a Windows Terminal profile that does this on startup by adding the commandline setting to a profile in your settings.json file inside the list of profile objects.
Enter CMD command ssh . Connect to the desired server with ssh name@server . If necessary, consider the port: default is port 22, change port with -pPortnumber behind the server name. If necessary, confirm host key fingerprint with Yes and enter password for the first connection.
Open the Services control panel which can be done in any of the following ways: Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. Open a run box type services. msc and hit enter. ...
Locate and select OpenSSH in the list of services.
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