On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 01:22:27PM -0700, Wilton wrote:
> issue the following command on a new openssh-2.1.1p2.tar.gz install
> (RedHat6.1): ssh-agent; ssh-add as non-root? When I do this I
sure. why not?
> get the error that ssh-add could not connect to authentication agent.
> It's a result of the shell variables not being set correctly.
>
> Is this a bug or just how it's suppose to operate?
This is how it's supposed to operate because you haven't read the man page
for ssh-agent.
The short version is that you need to set certain environment variables
to point your shell at the agent. If you just run "ssh-agent", it'll
dump the variables to STDOUT but not set them (you can do it manually,
but it can't). You can try "ssh-agent $SHELL" and have ssh-agent spawn
a new shell for you w/ the variables set. Then ssh-add will work fine.
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