Re: cygwin ssh-add problem

From: eho (ericmho@shaw.ca)
Date: 04/18/02 

From: eho <ericmho@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 00:36:59 GMT

The problem is traced back to a vpn client software. After I disbaled it,
ssh-add is working now. Thanks you for all the help and suggestions.

Derek Voller wrote:

> Did you check to see that it set the environment variables properly?
> Just running eval didn't work for me either, I copied and pasted the
> commands to set the environment variables then it worked fine.
>
> eho <ericmho@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:<3CBCDC11.7E6D35B6@shaw.ca>...
> > Hi Alan, I ran eval `ssh-agent` followed by ssh-add in the same bash
> > session. I wonder whether there's some other software that's causing the
> > problem. Thanks
> >
> > Alan Hadsell wrote:
> >
> > > eho <ericmho@shaw.ca> writes:
> > >
> > > > Hi Alan, I issued the ps cmd and the agent is running. Also a socket
> > > > file has been created on /tmp. What version of cygwin are you
> > > > running and what windows OS are you running. I'm running cygwin
> > > > 1.3.10 under w2k. Thanks
> > >
> > > I'm running the same version, also under Windows 2000 (SP2).
> > >
> > > When you run ssh-add, are you running it from the same shell where you
> > > ran ssh-agent? I get the same message as you if I try to run ssh-add
> > > in a different bash session.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alan Hadsell
> > > If brute force doesn't work, you aren't using enough.