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Bitwarden SSH Agent relay to WSL2
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| set -e | |
| echo "Installing npiperelay..." | |
| /mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe /c "winget install --id=albertony.npiperelay -e --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements" | |
| echo "Installing socat..." | |
| sudo apt-get update | |
| sudo apt-get install -y socat iproute2 | |
| echo "Creating SSH agent bridge script..." | |
| SCRIPT_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin" | |
| mkdir -p "$SCRIPT_DIR" | |
| cat << 'EOF' > "$SCRIPT_DIR/agent-bridge.sh" | |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| mkdir -p "$HOME/.ssh" | |
| chmod 700 "$HOME/.ssh" | |
| export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$HOME/.ssh/agent.sock" | |
| NPIPERELAY_WIN=$( | |
| /mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe /c "where npiperelay.exe" 2>/dev/null | | |
| tr -d '\r' | | |
| head -n 1 | |
| ) | |
| if [ -z "$NPIPERELAY_WIN" ]; then | |
| echo "npiperelay.exe was not found in Windows PATH" >&2 | |
| return 1 2>/dev/null || exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| NPIPERELAY="$(wslpath -u "$NPIPERELAY_WIN")" | |
| if [ ! -x "$NPIPERELAY" ]; then | |
| echo "npiperelay.exe is not executable from WSL: $NPIPERELAY" >&2 | |
| return 1 2>/dev/null || exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| if ! ss -a 2>/dev/null | grep -Fq -- "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"; then | |
| rm -f "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" | |
| ( | |
| setsid socat \ | |
| "UNIX-LISTEN:$SSH_AUTH_SOCK,fork" \ | |
| "EXEC:$NPIPERELAY -ei -s //./pipe/openssh-ssh-agent,nofork" \ | |
| & | |
| ) >/dev/null 2>&1 | |
| fi | |
| EOF | |
| chmod +x "$SCRIPT_DIR/agent-bridge.sh" | |
| echo "Ensuring bridge script is sourced in .bashrc..." | |
| BASHRC="$HOME/.bashrc" | |
| BRIDGE_SOURCE='source ~/.local/bin/agent-bridge.sh' | |
| touch "$BASHRC" | |
| if ! grep -Fxq "$BRIDGE_SOURCE" "$BASHRC"; then | |
| printf '\n%s\n' "$BRIDGE_SOURCE" >> "$BASHRC" | |
| echo "Added agent bridge script to .bashrc" | |
| else | |
| echo "Bridge script already sourced in .bashrc" | |
| fi | |
| echo "Setup complete! Restart your shell or run:" | |
| echo " source ~/.local/bin/agent-bridge.sh" |
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