archlinux

SSH agent (optional)

References:

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SSH_keys#Start_ssh-agent_with_systemd_user

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Note: Install SSH as described in ssh.

Edit bash config file with

nano ~/.bash_profile

Add (at the top of the file)

# Set variable for using ssh-agent with systemd service
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssh-agent.socket"

Create a config file with

nano ~/.ssh/config

Add

AddKeysToAgent yes

As user, enable

systemctl --user enable ssh-agent.socket --now

Check status with

systemctl --user status ssh-agent.socket

The first time you run ssh, the key will be passed to the agent after you enter the password.

Alternatively, you may pass a key to the agent with

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

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