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Aero Windwalker
Asked: 2017-12-13 18:34:53 +0800 CST

How to use ssh-add on a remote desktop?

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Since the client is already sshd, it cannot open a connection to the authentication agent, what is the best way to ssh-add in this situation?

i.e.

ssh [email protected]
ssh-add
>> Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
ssh

1 Answers

  1. Assuming you have agent forwarding set up, and the agent is already running on your local system, you can just open a new terminal and run ssh-add in it. The agent process remains the same, so the existing agent forwarding should be able to use newly added keys:

    # on server
$ git pull
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
# in new terminal
~ ssh-add
Identity added: /home/muru/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/muru/.ssh/id_rsa)
Identity added: /home/muru/.ssh/id_ed25519 ([email protected])
# back to the server tab
$ git pull
Already up-to-date.
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