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Re: OpenSSH ssh-agent regression in 5.9p1-1: "Could not open a connection to your authentication agent" error
- From: Markus Schönhaber <cygwin at list-post dot mks-mail dot de>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:01:58 +0100
- Subject: Re: OpenSSH ssh-agent regression in 5.9p1-1: "Could not open a connection to your authentication agent" error
- References: <CAEdY9m-uhtQmwBfB-Hj7H5onZzSbDoz=YzEzFLR0kPphFdoOfw@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
28.01.2012 22:00, Philip Lowman:
> There appears to be a regression in the most recent OpenSSH cygwin
> package (5.9p1-1, built 1/18/2012) related to the ssh-agent program.
I see that too.
> The ssh-add program is unable to add SSH keys because the ssh-agent
> program doesn't appear to be creating its socket file properly in
> /tmp.
AFAIKT the socket file is created - but the ssh-agent process dies
shortly after being started.
> 1. Install OpenSSH 5.9p1-1 in Cygwin (or upgrade to it)
> 2. Run the ssh-agent program spawning a bash shell
> $ ssh-agent bash
This seems to happen only if ssh-agent is told to spawn another process.
Running ssh-agent without arguments works fine for me.
> Platform: Windows 7 64-bit
XP 32-bit here.
> Workarounds: Downgrade to OpenSSH_5.8p1 using Cygwin's setup.exe.
Yep.
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Regards
mks
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