[X2go-dev] x2goclient and ssh-agent

[Heiko Baumann]

 hi all,

 is it still not possible to use x2goclient with a running ssh agent?

 regards
 heiko

 On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:28:45 +0100, Heiko Baumann <heiko at oss.hboss.de> 
 wrote:
> do you use ssh-agent oder just a ssh key with passphrase? i my case 
> using a
> ssh key (with or without passphrase) works great but if run something 
> like
> this:
>
> eval `ssh-agent -s`
> ssh-add
>
> before starting x2goclient from this shell it does not use the 
> running
> agent. if i do a simple "ssh -l username sshhost" from the same shell 
> it
> works without asking a password.
>
> it looks like x2goclient does not care about a running ssh-agent!?
>
> using it that way would be a great improvement in security imho and 
> makes
> single-sign-on possible if you start your ssh-agent at login 
> time.....
>
> greetz
> heiko
>
> On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:53:08 +0100, Philipp Huebner 
> <debalance at debian.org>
> wrote:
>> IIRC,
>> it simply worked for me.
>> Instead of a password, the passphrase was being asked.
>>
>> All I had to do was a normal login via SSH previously to get the
>> known_hosts stuff sorted.
>>
>> Regards,
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