Opened 11 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
#41543 closed enhancement (worksforme)
openssh @6.4p1 add launchd support to ssh-agent
| Reported by: | jpo@… | Owned by: | neverpanic (Clemens Lang) |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 2.2.1 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | kazenyuk@…, petrrr | |
| Port: | openssh |
Description
This patch allows ssh-agent to be started via launchd as a LaunchAgent such that the macports ssh-agent can replace the system ssh-agent.
This is required to use graphical applications that use ssh without providing a way to request a passphrase for the ssh key (because in the version of ssh that ships with osx, passphrase entry is handled automatically via the keychain).
The default LaunchAgent exports SSH_AUTH_SOCK to the environment of everything in the user's session, and launches ssh-agent when a connection to that socket is first attempted. That single ssh-agent process continues running for the duration of the user's session so that you can ssh-add your key and then use it from anything else, for example another terminal window or a graphical application that does not have a mechanism for passphrase entry.
Attachments (1)
Change History (7)
Changed 11 years ago by jpo@…
| Attachment: | JPO-ssh-agent-launchd.patch added |
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comment:1 Changed 11 years ago by jpo@…
| Cc: | jpo@… added |
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comment:5 Changed 11 years ago by neverpanic (Clemens Lang)
| Owner: | changed from macports-tickets@… to cal@… |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
The changes in this patchfile are already available in MacPorts using the +gsskex variant to the openssh port.
comment:6 Changed 11 years ago by neverpanic (Clemens Lang)
| Resolution: | → worksforme |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
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