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diff --git a/_posts/2009-09-03-working-with-key-passphrases.textile b/_posts/2009-09-03-working-with-key-passphrases.textile index 11fd037..604221e 100644 --- a/_posts/2009-09-03-working-with-key-passphrases.textile +++ b/_posts/2009-09-03-working-with-key-passphrases.textile @@ -36,29 +36,32 @@ h2. Auto-launching ssh-agent on msysgit You can run @ssh-agent@ automatically when you open bash by adding the following to your @~/.profile@ or @~/.bashrc@ file: <pre> -SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/environment" # automatically start the ssh-agent function start_agent { echo "Initializing new SSH agent..." - ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "${SSH_ENV}" + # spawn ssh-agent + eval `ssh-agent` > /dev/null echo succeeded - chmod 600 "${SSH_ENV}" - . "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null ssh-add } -# check for running ssh-agent -ps -ef | grep ${SSH_AGENT_PID} | grep -v grep > /dev/null +# check for running ssh-agent with proper $SSH_AGENT_PID +ps -ef | grep $SSH_AGENT_PID | grep -v grep > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then - # test whether standard identities have been added to - # the agent already - ssh-add -l | grep "agent has no identities" +# test whether standard identities have been added to the agent already + ssh-add -l | grep "The agent has no identities" > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then ssh-add + # $SSH_AUTH_SOCK broken so we start a new proper agent + if [ $? -ne 0 ];then + start_agent + fi fi +# if $SSH_AGENT_PID is not properly set, the socket is probably neither better +# to start a new agent else start_agent -fi +fi </pre> p(. *Note:* If you don't use the default key names, or store your keys in a different path, you will need to add the path to the @/usr/bin/ssh-add@ line so that ssh knows where to find your key. |