ssh-add cannot connect to authentication agent

[Karl M]

>From: Tim Beuman Subject: Re: ssh-add cannot connect to authentication 
>agent
>Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:11:00 -0700
>
>Haven't been able to nail it down that specific. I ended up modifying 
>ssh-agent to run as a service under the SYSTEM account rather than as a 
>background process under the user-account. It worked fine that way, even 
>with McAfee but like I said, it required a modification of ssh-agent 
>itself.
>
>Tim
>
Hi All...

I've been using ssh-agent as a service for years, with no modifications. I 
started doing it because keychain was slow to start up and lost the keys on 
logout, whereas ssh-agent as a service keeps the keys until a reboot.

Attached are two scripts secret-agent-service and 
secret-agent-service-install are the scripts used for running ssh-agent as a 
service (one for each user that wants it). The sendchenv makes sure that the 
environment variables are up to date (if the service starts after the user 
logs in...have to love Microsoft).

HTH,

...Karl

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