SSH - ssh-agent
About
ssh-agent is the authentication agent of the Openssh ssh cli .
It stores un/desencrypted private keys in memory, and communicates with SSH clients via Unix_domain_socket
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Management
Start
- Start the ssh-agent in the background.
eval `ssh-agent`
# or ssh-agent bash
# or eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
Status
Test if SSH agent is running (If nothing is returned, then ssh-agent is not running)
echo "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"
/tmp/ssh-rfSUL1ldCldQ/agent.1792
Add a key
- Add SSH private key to the ssh-agent
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
List the keys
ssh-add -l