I am trying to use ssh-agent under WSL but the SSH params are wiped after the script is run
From .bashrc (cut down version)
eval $(ssh-agent)
ssh-add
ssh-add -l
echo "SSH_AGENT_PID is" $SSH_AGENT_PID
echo "SSH_AUTH_SOCK is" $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
Prompts for the passphrase then shows the fingerprint and relevant variables
straight after at prompt (or seperate script) running
ssh-add -l
echo "SSH_AGENT_PID is" $SSH_AGENT_PID
echo "SSH_AUTH_SOCK is" $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
gives
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
SSH_AGENT_PID is
SSH_AUTH_SOCK is
(tidied for readability)
the agent is still running with the original pid (checked in top)
also tried eval $(ssh-agent ) > /dev/null
and eval $(ssh-agent -s)
and in combination
Why do these get wiped? ssh-agent worked fine until windows update 1709 "fall creators update"
for info: linux version 4.4.0-43-Microsoft ([email protected]) (gcc version 5.4.0 (GCC) ) #1-Microsoft Wed Dec 31 14:42:53 PST 2014
Repost from here:https://superuser.com/questions/1278539/ssh-agent-reset-in-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl
This is a late answer for anybody arriving here : https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/3183
Short version : ssh-agent forwarding is broken by a getsockopt bug in wsl / ubuntu 18.04 (or any other linux I would imagine).
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