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Can't acess ssh-agent
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Description
So I've followed the instructions about setting up the agent and believe I have it running --
PS C:\windows\system32> Get-Service ssh-agent
Status Name DisplayName
------ ---- -----------
Running ssh-agent OpenSSH Authentication Agent
but when I try to access it, I get
PS C:\windows\system32> ssh-add -L
error fetching identities: communication with agent failed
I have no spurious SSH related envvars set (saw some other messages related to that), at least as far as I can see from gci Env:
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Begin by reproducing the PowerShell Get-Service ssh-agent and ssh-add -L commands on Windows, while checking the environment variables as described. Done means ssh-add -L can communicate with the running OpenSSH Authentication Agent and report its identities; the issue does not name a file or test.
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- Domain
- authentication, operating-systems, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 25/100