"Could not open a connection to your authentication agent"

ssh-agent.md

SSH authentication agent does not automatically start when using it from a remote server. This results in the following error message:

$ git pull
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
$ ssh-add ~/my-ssh-key.pem
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.

To fix it requires manually starting ssh-agent:

$ eval `ssh-agent -s`
Agent pid 13442
$ ssh-add ~/my-ssh-key.pem
Identity added: /home/user/my-ssh-key.pem (/home/user/my-ssh-key.pem)
$ git pull

Thanks, this works with starting ssh-agent within Github Actions as well.

this helped

Nice hack with the eval, for the environment params. Will use it for sourcing exports (venv, esp-idf), thanks!
And it also fixed my problem... I was starting ssh-agent all over the place but it didn't wanna work in my yakuake/zsh.

thankyou !!!

it works

not working i still get that message could not open a connection to your authentication agent

thank you, it works

thanks

great contribution!! Thanks!!

fue de gran ayuda, gracias a mi me funcionó usando $ eval $(ssh-agent), seguro porque uso window 11

Thanks. It worked

I use Vs Code with Git bash integrated
Do you know how to make it so that when you open VS code it can execute these commands?

Yes, I know El mié, 25 oct 2023, 8:54, Robison Luiz Fernandes ***@***.***> escribió:

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Thanks. This worked for me like a charm. Thanks for explaining as well.

Thanks!

I am new to all of this and want to ensure I am understanding the syntax. The '~/my-ssh-key.pem' what is this value? Or do I use that in the CLI when attempting to rectify this overall issue?

I am new to all of this and want to ensure I am understanding the syntax. The '~/my-ssh-key.pem' what is this value? Or do I use that in the CLI when attempting to rectify this overall issue?

That is your SSH private key. Make sure you give the command ssh-add the correct path to where your private key is located on your filesystem. By default, this file is usually in the ~/.ssh/ directory and is called id_rsa or id_ed25519.

This came in clutch, Thanks!

SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-WvEP0dKfXLyl/agent.1753; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=1754; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 1754;

if i try adding the key again
it returns "could not open connection to your authentication agent.

Perfect for me, thank you!

miked@MRDM MINGW64 ~ (main)
$ ssh-agent
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-2S5lHW5cWifQ/agent.1452; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=1453; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 1453;

miked@MRDM MINGW64 ~ (main)
$ ssh-add c:/Users/miked/.ssh/id_ed25519
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.

miked@MRDM MINGW64 ~ (main)
$ eval ssh-agent -s
Agent pid 1468

miked@MRDM MINGW64 ~ (main)
$ ssh-add c:/Users/miked/.ssh/id_ed25519
Identity added: c:/Users/miked/.ssh/id_ed25519

miked@MRDM MINGW64 ~ (main)

Thank you very much for your contribution @mvneves

I use access via VS Code, does anyone have a solution so that when I load VS Code it ​​already runs these commands?

I tried .bash_profile and other approaches but without success.

Do you have any examples?