From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
To: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: ssh-pageant
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:31:06 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <123718306.20200423213106@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3b37587e-aa60-6e6c-b356-ade03bff58ad@towo.net>
Greetings, Thomas Wolff!
> Am 23.04.2020 um 15:50 schrieb Chris Rodgers:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I find the ssh-pageant package helpful to enable cygwin ssh to
>> interact seamlessly with PuTTY's Pageant SSH agent. One small issue is
>> that after installing, one has to add the lines:
>>
>>> |# ssh-pageant eval $(/usr/bin/ssh-pageant -r -a
>>> "/tmp/.ssh-pageant-$USERNAME")|
>> (see https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant)
>> <https://github.com/cuviper/ssh-pageant>to .bashrc for each user.
>>
>> Would it be acceptable to update the ssh-pageant package to add a file
>> /etc/profile.d/ssh-pageant.sh that does this automatically?
> Does what? Add something to other users' profiles? Sounds like MS-style
> patronizing of user preferences. Certainly not appreciated by most
> people. Also, why should most cygwin users want to use ssh via putty?
> Mintty + ssh is a seamless modular solution.
Who said anything about putty? We're speaking about pageant - the key keeper.
Which has a better support in Windows apps than Cygwin's ssh-agent.
While I agree with your judgement, I don't get your patronizing.
--
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Thursday, April 23, 2020 21:29:02
Sorry for my terrible english...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-23 18:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-23 13:50 ssh-pageant Chris Rodgers
2020-04-23 14:11 ` ssh-pageant Thomas Wolff
2020-04-23 18:31 ` Andrey Repin [this message]
2020-04-23 18:59 ` ssh-pageant Thomas Wolff
2020-04-23 20:27 ` ssh-pageant Bill Stewart
2020-04-23 16:40 ` ssh-pageant Chris Rodgers
2020-04-23 16:47 ` ssh-pageant Chris Rodgers
2020-04-23 19:44 ` ssh-pageant Chris Rodgers
2020-04-23 18:33 ` ssh-pageant Brian Inglis
2020-04-23 20:02 ` ssh-pageant Andrey Repin
2020-04-23 20:20 ` ssh-pageant Chris Rodgers
2020-04-23 20:51 ` ssh-pageant Andrey Repin
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