[X2go-dev] x2goclient and ssh-agent

[Heiko Baumann]

 hi,

 because no one cared about my request i tried to fix it by myself. 
 attached is a patch which adds an --ssh-agent option to x2goclient. if 
 x2goclient is called with this option it uses a running ssh-agent to 
 connect to the x2goserver.

 btw. i dont know anything about coding C++ nor anything about 
 x2goclient development. so maybe this patch does break something else or 
 may be a bad hack. however it works for me.

 maybe the x2go devs could include it (or write a better one :)) in one 
 of the next releases? this would be great because i now have SSO with my 
 usb token for all important tools. ssh-agent is started at logon and 
 everything works without entering my passphrase again (ssh/scp, sshfs, 
 nxclient, x2goclient etc.).

 regards
 heiko

 On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:59:35 +0200, Heiko Baumann <heiko at oss.hboss.de> 
 wrote:
> 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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