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How can I get ssh-agent working over ssh and in tmux (on OS X)?


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I have a private key set up for my github account, the passphrase to which is, I believe, stored in OS X's keychain. I certainly don't have to type it in when I open a terminal window and enter ssh git@github.com.



However, when I'm running bash over an ssh session, or locally inside a tmux session, I have to type in the passphrase every single time I attempt to ssh to github.



This question suggests that a similar problem exists with screen, but I don't really understand the issue well enough to fix it in tmux. There's also this page which includes a fairly complicated solution, but for zsh.



EDIT:



In response to @Mikel's answer, from a local terminal I get the following output:



[~]
$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
/tmp/launch-S4HBD6/Listeners
[~]
$ ssh-add -l
2048 [my key fingerprint] /Users/richie/.ssh/id_rsa (RSA)
[~]
$ typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK
declare -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/tmp/launch-S4HBD6/Listeners"


Whereas over ssh or in tmux I get:



[~]
$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK

[~]
$ ssh-add -l
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
[~]
$ typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK
bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found


echo $SSH_AGENT_PID returns nothing whatever shell I run it from.










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  • What about typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK?

    – Mikel
    Jan 27 '11 at 11:18











  • @Mikel bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found from within ssh/tmux. I'll try it locally tonight, if necessary.

    – Rich
    Jan 27 '11 at 12:53











  • @Mikel I've added that command's output to the question.

    – Rich
    Jan 27 '11 at 20:33











  • AFAIK, question and answers are not OS X-specific. That's relevant to avoid some non-OS X-specific dups, namely superuser.com/q/334975/46794 and superuser.com/q/479796/46794.

    – Blaisorblade
    Sep 19 '13 at 8:33











  • @Blaisorblade I was under the impression my passphrase was stored in the OS X keychain (Although I can't remember now why I believed that to be the case). Is that incorrect?

    – Rich
    Sep 19 '13 at 8:52
















17















I have a private key set up for my github account, the passphrase to which is, I believe, stored in OS X's keychain. I certainly don't have to type it in when I open a terminal window and enter ssh git@github.com.



However, when I'm running bash over an ssh session, or locally inside a tmux session, I have to type in the passphrase every single time I attempt to ssh to github.



This question suggests that a similar problem exists with screen, but I don't really understand the issue well enough to fix it in tmux. There's also this page which includes a fairly complicated solution, but for zsh.



EDIT:



In response to @Mikel's answer, from a local terminal I get the following output:



[~]
$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
/tmp/launch-S4HBD6/Listeners
[~]
$ ssh-add -l
2048 [my key fingerprint] /Users/richie/.ssh/id_rsa (RSA)
[~]
$ typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK
declare -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/tmp/launch-S4HBD6/Listeners"


Whereas over ssh or in tmux I get:



[~]
$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK

[~]
$ ssh-add -l
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
[~]
$ typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK
bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found


echo $SSH_AGENT_PID returns nothing whatever shell I run it from.










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  • What about typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK?

    – Mikel
    Jan 27 '11 at 11:18











  • @Mikel bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found from within ssh/tmux. I'll try it locally tonight, if necessary.

    – Rich
    Jan 27 '11 at 12:53











  • @Mikel I've added that command's output to the question.

    – Rich
    Jan 27 '11 at 20:33











  • AFAIK, question and answers are not OS X-specific. That's relevant to avoid some non-OS X-specific dups, namely superuser.com/q/334975/46794 and superuser.com/q/479796/46794.

    – Blaisorblade
    Sep 19 '13 at 8:33











  • @Blaisorblade I was under the impression my passphrase was stored in the OS X keychain (Although I can't remember now why I believed that to be the case). Is that incorrect?

    – Rich
    Sep 19 '13 at 8:52














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I have a private key set up for my github account, the passphrase to which is, I believe, stored in OS X's keychain. I certainly don't have to type it in when I open a terminal window and enter ssh git@github.com.



However, when I'm running bash over an ssh session, or locally inside a tmux session, I have to type in the passphrase every single time I attempt to ssh to github.



This question suggests that a similar problem exists with screen, but I don't really understand the issue well enough to fix it in tmux. There's also this page which includes a fairly complicated solution, but for zsh.



EDIT:



In response to @Mikel's answer, from a local terminal I get the following output:



[~]
$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
/tmp/launch-S4HBD6/Listeners
[~]
$ ssh-add -l
2048 [my key fingerprint] /Users/richie/.ssh/id_rsa (RSA)
[~]
$ typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK
declare -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/tmp/launch-S4HBD6/Listeners"


Whereas over ssh or in tmux I get:



[~]
$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK

[~]
$ ssh-add -l
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
[~]
$ typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK
bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found


echo $SSH_AGENT_PID returns nothing whatever shell I run it from.










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I have a private key set up for my github account, the passphrase to which is, I believe, stored in OS X's keychain. I certainly don't have to type it in when I open a terminal window and enter ssh git@github.com.



However, when I'm running bash over an ssh session, or locally inside a tmux session, I have to type in the passphrase every single time I attempt to ssh to github.



This question suggests that a similar problem exists with screen, but I don't really understand the issue well enough to fix it in tmux. There's also this page which includes a fairly complicated solution, but for zsh.



EDIT:



In response to @Mikel's answer, from a local terminal I get the following output:



[~]
$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
/tmp/launch-S4HBD6/Listeners
[~]
$ ssh-add -l
2048 [my key fingerprint] /Users/richie/.ssh/id_rsa (RSA)
[~]
$ typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK
declare -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/tmp/launch-S4HBD6/Listeners"


Whereas over ssh or in tmux I get:



[~]
$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK

[~]
$ ssh-add -l
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
[~]
$ typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK
bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found


echo $SSH_AGENT_PID returns nothing whatever shell I run it from.







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  • What about typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK?

    – Mikel
    Jan 27 '11 at 11:18











  • @Mikel bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found from within ssh/tmux. I'll try it locally tonight, if necessary.

    – Rich
    Jan 27 '11 at 12:53











  • @Mikel I've added that command's output to the question.

    – Rich
    Jan 27 '11 at 20:33











  • AFAIK, question and answers are not OS X-specific. That's relevant to avoid some non-OS X-specific dups, namely superuser.com/q/334975/46794 and superuser.com/q/479796/46794.

    – Blaisorblade
    Sep 19 '13 at 8:33











  • @Blaisorblade I was under the impression my passphrase was stored in the OS X keychain (Although I can't remember now why I believed that to be the case). Is that incorrect?

    – Rich
    Sep 19 '13 at 8:52



















  • What about typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK?

    – Mikel
    Jan 27 '11 at 11:18











  • @Mikel bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found from within ssh/tmux. I'll try it locally tonight, if necessary.

    – Rich
    Jan 27 '11 at 12:53











  • @Mikel I've added that command's output to the question.

    – Rich
    Jan 27 '11 at 20:33











  • AFAIK, question and answers are not OS X-specific. That's relevant to avoid some non-OS X-specific dups, namely superuser.com/q/334975/46794 and superuser.com/q/479796/46794.

    – Blaisorblade
    Sep 19 '13 at 8:33











  • @Blaisorblade I was under the impression my passphrase was stored in the OS X keychain (Although I can't remember now why I believed that to be the case). Is that incorrect?

    – Rich
    Sep 19 '13 at 8:52

















What about typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK?

– Mikel
Jan 27 '11 at 11:18





What about typeset -p SSH_AUTH_SOCK?

– Mikel
Jan 27 '11 at 11:18













@Mikel bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found from within ssh/tmux. I'll try it locally tonight, if necessary.

– Rich
Jan 27 '11 at 12:53





@Mikel bash: typeset: SSH_AUTH_SOCK: not found from within ssh/tmux. I'll try it locally tonight, if necessary.

– Rich
Jan 27 '11 at 12:53













@Mikel I've added that command's output to the question.

– Rich
Jan 27 '11 at 20:33





@Mikel I've added that command's output to the question.

– Rich
Jan 27 '11 at 20:33













AFAIK, question and answers are not OS X-specific. That's relevant to avoid some non-OS X-specific dups, namely superuser.com/q/334975/46794 and superuser.com/q/479796/46794.

– Blaisorblade
Sep 19 '13 at 8:33





AFAIK, question and answers are not OS X-specific. That's relevant to avoid some non-OS X-specific dups, namely superuser.com/q/334975/46794 and superuser.com/q/479796/46794.

– Blaisorblade
Sep 19 '13 at 8:33













@Blaisorblade I was under the impression my passphrase was stored in the OS X keychain (Although I can't remember now why I believed that to be the case). Is that incorrect?

– Rich
Sep 19 '13 at 8:52





@Blaisorblade I was under the impression my passphrase was stored in the OS X keychain (Although I can't remember now why I believed that to be the case). Is that incorrect?

– Rich
Sep 19 '13 at 8:52










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My colleague created some bash functions to assist with finding a live agent: https://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent



He uses it mainly for connecting between systems (laptop to desktop, etc), but I use it most often for local tmux sessions where you logout/in from your window manager (OS X for myself).



Usage




  1. Download ssh-find-agent.bash (git clone git://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent.git works).



  2. Add the following to ~/.bashrc:



    . /path/to/ssh-find-agent.bash



  3. Then you can type the following to set SSH_AUTH_SOCK in your current shell:



    set_ssh_agent_socket







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  • I accepted this answer rather than any of the others that might work because it doesn't required SSH agent forwarding, which is better for my purposes. Thanks!

    – Rich
    Feb 5 '14 at 0:00





















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An elegant solution, picked up from dagit.o:



Create ~/.ssh/rc



#!/bin/bash
if [ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
ln -sf $SSH_AUTH_SOCK ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock
fi


Add to ~/.tmux.conf



set -g update-environment "DISPLAY SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION WINDOWID XAUTHORITY"
set-environment -g 'SSH_AUTH_SOCK' ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock





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    In your .tmux.conf configuration file, add this line:




    set -g update-environment "SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION"




    This causes these environment variables to be copied from your main shell to any shells opened within tmux, which then allows ssh-agent to work properly within those tmux shells.






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      This is the appropriate method for getting those values into a tmux session, but all of those environment variables should already be included in the default value of update-environment. The OP should check their update-environment value and possibly update wherever it is already being changed.

      – Chris Johnsen
      Feb 19 '12 at 5:35






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      Hm.. after digging further, I agree -- the settings I listed are already in the defaults, and if I run tmux without a .tmux.conf file, everything works properly. And if I remove the line I quoted from my .tmux.conf file, that is working for me as well, although it didn't before. There's clearly something else going wrong occasionally. Maybe to do with suspend/restore or attach/detach or sshing into a tmux session remotely. I'll keep my eyes open and update if I find the factor which makes it reproducible.

      – Trevor Powell
      Feb 19 '12 at 6:43













    • update-environment is set correctly. However, the problem still occurs.

      – Rich
      Mar 23 '12 at 10:33






    • 2





      The problem with this is that config will only be re-executed when no tmux server is present, defying the purpose of re-attaching... Maybe there is a command line switch to re-update those variables?

      – Tobias Kienzler
      Nov 6 '13 at 13:45



















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    It happened to me that panes created when connecting via ssh from OS X started asking my passphrase after a while of working ok. I found a way to fix that stealing this line from http://santini.di.unimi.it/extras/ph/my-tmux-setup.html



    eval $(tmux show-environment -t [YOUR-SESSION] | grep '^SSH_AUTH_SOCK')


    Just run it from the pane that's complaining.






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      Not sure if you are using bash or another shell, but this guy's tmux setup looks like it would work for bash. Personally, I am using zsh with oh-my-zsh, and I found that ssh-agent started working in tmux after I added



      zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent agent-forwarding on


      to my .zshrc file and reloaded the config in my running zsh sessions. I also found this guy's zsh-oriented solution, but it turned out to be unnecessary for me.






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        What does:



        echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
        echo $SSH_AGENT_PID
        ssh-add -l


        print?



        Run it in your normal terminal, then run it inside your tmux session. They should print the same thing.






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        • I added the response to these commands to the question. I've also realised that the problem also occurs when I login over ssh (without using tmux), and have edited the question accordingly.

          – Rich
          Jan 27 '11 at 9:56






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          ssh is easy. Turn agent forwarding on. Easiest way to do that is run ssh -A instead of ssh. Use an alias so you don't have to type it every time, or put it in your .SSH/config.

          – Mikel
          Jan 27 '11 at 22:37











        • Cool, thanks. That worked for ssh. Any ideas how to fix it in tmux?

          – Rich
          Feb 1 '11 at 17:38



















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        There are many solutions, but the simplest one is found in Hans Ginzel's answer, dated 8 January 2016, to a related StackOverflow question dated 27 January 2014. Simply add the following to your shell ~/.profile or similar:



        alias ssh='eval $(tmux show-env -s | grep "^SSH_") && ssh'


        There is no need to define multi-line functions or create new temporary files. If you don't want to alias ssh, simply change it to fixssh and remove && ssh at the end, and run fixssh whenever you're trying to run ssh from inside a reattached tmux session.



        The answer by Hans Ginzel suggests that a 'newer version' of tmux is required to run show-env -s. This works for me in tmux 2.7, and on my reading of the changelog, -s was added on 3 June 2008 just before the release of tmux 0.3. tmux 2.3 (29 September 2016) is in Debian stable.






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          My colleague created some bash functions to assist with finding a live agent: https://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent



          He uses it mainly for connecting between systems (laptop to desktop, etc), but I use it most often for local tmux sessions where you logout/in from your window manager (OS X for myself).



          Usage




          1. Download ssh-find-agent.bash (git clone git://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent.git works).



          2. Add the following to ~/.bashrc:



            . /path/to/ssh-find-agent.bash



          3. Then you can type the following to set SSH_AUTH_SOCK in your current shell:



            set_ssh_agent_socket







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          • I accepted this answer rather than any of the others that might work because it doesn't required SSH agent forwarding, which is better for my purposes. Thanks!

            – Rich
            Feb 5 '14 at 0:00


















          4














          My colleague created some bash functions to assist with finding a live agent: https://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent



          He uses it mainly for connecting between systems (laptop to desktop, etc), but I use it most often for local tmux sessions where you logout/in from your window manager (OS X for myself).



          Usage




          1. Download ssh-find-agent.bash (git clone git://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent.git works).



          2. Add the following to ~/.bashrc:



            . /path/to/ssh-find-agent.bash



          3. Then you can type the following to set SSH_AUTH_SOCK in your current shell:



            set_ssh_agent_socket







          share|improve this answer


























          • I accepted this answer rather than any of the others that might work because it doesn't required SSH agent forwarding, which is better for my purposes. Thanks!

            – Rich
            Feb 5 '14 at 0:00
















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          4







          My colleague created some bash functions to assist with finding a live agent: https://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent



          He uses it mainly for connecting between systems (laptop to desktop, etc), but I use it most often for local tmux sessions where you logout/in from your window manager (OS X for myself).



          Usage




          1. Download ssh-find-agent.bash (git clone git://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent.git works).



          2. Add the following to ~/.bashrc:



            . /path/to/ssh-find-agent.bash



          3. Then you can type the following to set SSH_AUTH_SOCK in your current shell:



            set_ssh_agent_socket







          share|improve this answer















          My colleague created some bash functions to assist with finding a live agent: https://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent



          He uses it mainly for connecting between systems (laptop to desktop, etc), but I use it most often for local tmux sessions where you logout/in from your window manager (OS X for myself).



          Usage




          1. Download ssh-find-agent.bash (git clone git://github.com/wwalker/ssh-find-agent.git works).



          2. Add the following to ~/.bashrc:



            . /path/to/ssh-find-agent.bash



          3. Then you can type the following to set SSH_AUTH_SOCK in your current shell:



            set_ssh_agent_socket








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          • I accepted this answer rather than any of the others that might work because it doesn't required SSH agent forwarding, which is better for my purposes. Thanks!

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          • I accepted this answer rather than any of the others that might work because it doesn't required SSH agent forwarding, which is better for my purposes. Thanks!

            – Rich
            Feb 5 '14 at 0:00



















          I accepted this answer rather than any of the others that might work because it doesn't required SSH agent forwarding, which is better for my purposes. Thanks!

          – Rich
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          I accepted this answer rather than any of the others that might work because it doesn't required SSH agent forwarding, which is better for my purposes. Thanks!

          – Rich
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          An elegant solution, picked up from dagit.o:



          Create ~/.ssh/rc



          #!/bin/bash
          if [ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
          ln -sf $SSH_AUTH_SOCK ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock
          fi


          Add to ~/.tmux.conf



          set -g update-environment "DISPLAY SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION WINDOWID XAUTHORITY"
          set-environment -g 'SSH_AUTH_SOCK' ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock





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            An elegant solution, picked up from dagit.o:



            Create ~/.ssh/rc



            #!/bin/bash
            if [ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
            ln -sf $SSH_AUTH_SOCK ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock
            fi


            Add to ~/.tmux.conf



            set -g update-environment "DISPLAY SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION WINDOWID XAUTHORITY"
            set-environment -g 'SSH_AUTH_SOCK' ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock





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              An elegant solution, picked up from dagit.o:



              Create ~/.ssh/rc



              #!/bin/bash
              if [ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
              ln -sf $SSH_AUTH_SOCK ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock
              fi


              Add to ~/.tmux.conf



              set -g update-environment "DISPLAY SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION WINDOWID XAUTHORITY"
              set-environment -g 'SSH_AUTH_SOCK' ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock





              share|improve this answer















              An elegant solution, picked up from dagit.o:



              Create ~/.ssh/rc



              #!/bin/bash
              if [ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
              ln -sf $SSH_AUTH_SOCK ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock
              fi


              Add to ~/.tmux.conf



              set -g update-environment "DISPLAY SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION WINDOWID XAUTHORITY"
              set-environment -g 'SSH_AUTH_SOCK' ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock






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              answered Jul 10 '13 at 11:54









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                  In your .tmux.conf configuration file, add this line:




                  set -g update-environment "SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION"




                  This causes these environment variables to be copied from your main shell to any shells opened within tmux, which then allows ssh-agent to work properly within those tmux shells.






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                  • 2





                    This is the appropriate method for getting those values into a tmux session, but all of those environment variables should already be included in the default value of update-environment. The OP should check their update-environment value and possibly update wherever it is already being changed.

                    – Chris Johnsen
                    Feb 19 '12 at 5:35






                  • 1





                    Hm.. after digging further, I agree -- the settings I listed are already in the defaults, and if I run tmux without a .tmux.conf file, everything works properly. And if I remove the line I quoted from my .tmux.conf file, that is working for me as well, although it didn't before. There's clearly something else going wrong occasionally. Maybe to do with suspend/restore or attach/detach or sshing into a tmux session remotely. I'll keep my eyes open and update if I find the factor which makes it reproducible.

                    – Trevor Powell
                    Feb 19 '12 at 6:43













                  • update-environment is set correctly. However, the problem still occurs.

                    – Rich
                    Mar 23 '12 at 10:33






                  • 2





                    The problem with this is that config will only be re-executed when no tmux server is present, defying the purpose of re-attaching... Maybe there is a command line switch to re-update those variables?

                    – Tobias Kienzler
                    Nov 6 '13 at 13:45
















                  6














                  In your .tmux.conf configuration file, add this line:




                  set -g update-environment "SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION"




                  This causes these environment variables to be copied from your main shell to any shells opened within tmux, which then allows ssh-agent to work properly within those tmux shells.






                  share|improve this answer



















                  • 2





                    This is the appropriate method for getting those values into a tmux session, but all of those environment variables should already be included in the default value of update-environment. The OP should check their update-environment value and possibly update wherever it is already being changed.

                    – Chris Johnsen
                    Feb 19 '12 at 5:35






                  • 1





                    Hm.. after digging further, I agree -- the settings I listed are already in the defaults, and if I run tmux without a .tmux.conf file, everything works properly. And if I remove the line I quoted from my .tmux.conf file, that is working for me as well, although it didn't before. There's clearly something else going wrong occasionally. Maybe to do with suspend/restore or attach/detach or sshing into a tmux session remotely. I'll keep my eyes open and update if I find the factor which makes it reproducible.

                    – Trevor Powell
                    Feb 19 '12 at 6:43













                  • update-environment is set correctly. However, the problem still occurs.

                    – Rich
                    Mar 23 '12 at 10:33






                  • 2





                    The problem with this is that config will only be re-executed when no tmux server is present, defying the purpose of re-attaching... Maybe there is a command line switch to re-update those variables?

                    – Tobias Kienzler
                    Nov 6 '13 at 13:45














                  6












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                  6







                  In your .tmux.conf configuration file, add this line:




                  set -g update-environment "SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION"




                  This causes these environment variables to be copied from your main shell to any shells opened within tmux, which then allows ssh-agent to work properly within those tmux shells.






                  share|improve this answer













                  In your .tmux.conf configuration file, add this line:




                  set -g update-environment "SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION"




                  This causes these environment variables to be copied from your main shell to any shells opened within tmux, which then allows ssh-agent to work properly within those tmux shells.







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                  answered Feb 18 '12 at 8:13









                  Trevor PowellTrevor Powell

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                  • 2





                    This is the appropriate method for getting those values into a tmux session, but all of those environment variables should already be included in the default value of update-environment. The OP should check their update-environment value and possibly update wherever it is already being changed.

                    – Chris Johnsen
                    Feb 19 '12 at 5:35






                  • 1





                    Hm.. after digging further, I agree -- the settings I listed are already in the defaults, and if I run tmux without a .tmux.conf file, everything works properly. And if I remove the line I quoted from my .tmux.conf file, that is working for me as well, although it didn't before. There's clearly something else going wrong occasionally. Maybe to do with suspend/restore or attach/detach or sshing into a tmux session remotely. I'll keep my eyes open and update if I find the factor which makes it reproducible.

                    – Trevor Powell
                    Feb 19 '12 at 6:43













                  • update-environment is set correctly. However, the problem still occurs.

                    – Rich
                    Mar 23 '12 at 10:33






                  • 2





                    The problem with this is that config will only be re-executed when no tmux server is present, defying the purpose of re-attaching... Maybe there is a command line switch to re-update those variables?

                    – Tobias Kienzler
                    Nov 6 '13 at 13:45














                  • 2





                    This is the appropriate method for getting those values into a tmux session, but all of those environment variables should already be included in the default value of update-environment. The OP should check their update-environment value and possibly update wherever it is already being changed.

                    – Chris Johnsen
                    Feb 19 '12 at 5:35






                  • 1





                    Hm.. after digging further, I agree -- the settings I listed are already in the defaults, and if I run tmux without a .tmux.conf file, everything works properly. And if I remove the line I quoted from my .tmux.conf file, that is working for me as well, although it didn't before. There's clearly something else going wrong occasionally. Maybe to do with suspend/restore or attach/detach or sshing into a tmux session remotely. I'll keep my eyes open and update if I find the factor which makes it reproducible.

                    – Trevor Powell
                    Feb 19 '12 at 6:43













                  • update-environment is set correctly. However, the problem still occurs.

                    – Rich
                    Mar 23 '12 at 10:33






                  • 2





                    The problem with this is that config will only be re-executed when no tmux server is present, defying the purpose of re-attaching... Maybe there is a command line switch to re-update those variables?

                    – Tobias Kienzler
                    Nov 6 '13 at 13:45








                  2




                  2





                  This is the appropriate method for getting those values into a tmux session, but all of those environment variables should already be included in the default value of update-environment. The OP should check their update-environment value and possibly update wherever it is already being changed.

                  – Chris Johnsen
                  Feb 19 '12 at 5:35





                  This is the appropriate method for getting those values into a tmux session, but all of those environment variables should already be included in the default value of update-environment. The OP should check their update-environment value and possibly update wherever it is already being changed.

                  – Chris Johnsen
                  Feb 19 '12 at 5:35




                  1




                  1





                  Hm.. after digging further, I agree -- the settings I listed are already in the defaults, and if I run tmux without a .tmux.conf file, everything works properly. And if I remove the line I quoted from my .tmux.conf file, that is working for me as well, although it didn't before. There's clearly something else going wrong occasionally. Maybe to do with suspend/restore or attach/detach or sshing into a tmux session remotely. I'll keep my eyes open and update if I find the factor which makes it reproducible.

                  – Trevor Powell
                  Feb 19 '12 at 6:43







                  Hm.. after digging further, I agree -- the settings I listed are already in the defaults, and if I run tmux without a .tmux.conf file, everything works properly. And if I remove the line I quoted from my .tmux.conf file, that is working for me as well, although it didn't before. There's clearly something else going wrong occasionally. Maybe to do with suspend/restore or attach/detach or sshing into a tmux session remotely. I'll keep my eyes open and update if I find the factor which makes it reproducible.

                  – Trevor Powell
                  Feb 19 '12 at 6:43















                  update-environment is set correctly. However, the problem still occurs.

                  – Rich
                  Mar 23 '12 at 10:33





                  update-environment is set correctly. However, the problem still occurs.

                  – Rich
                  Mar 23 '12 at 10:33




                  2




                  2





                  The problem with this is that config will only be re-executed when no tmux server is present, defying the purpose of re-attaching... Maybe there is a command line switch to re-update those variables?

                  – Tobias Kienzler
                  Nov 6 '13 at 13:45





                  The problem with this is that config will only be re-executed when no tmux server is present, defying the purpose of re-attaching... Maybe there is a command line switch to re-update those variables?

                  – Tobias Kienzler
                  Nov 6 '13 at 13:45











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                  It happened to me that panes created when connecting via ssh from OS X started asking my passphrase after a while of working ok. I found a way to fix that stealing this line from http://santini.di.unimi.it/extras/ph/my-tmux-setup.html



                  eval $(tmux show-environment -t [YOUR-SESSION] | grep '^SSH_AUTH_SOCK')


                  Just run it from the pane that's complaining.






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                    It happened to me that panes created when connecting via ssh from OS X started asking my passphrase after a while of working ok. I found a way to fix that stealing this line from http://santini.di.unimi.it/extras/ph/my-tmux-setup.html



                    eval $(tmux show-environment -t [YOUR-SESSION] | grep '^SSH_AUTH_SOCK')


                    Just run it from the pane that's complaining.






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                      3







                      It happened to me that panes created when connecting via ssh from OS X started asking my passphrase after a while of working ok. I found a way to fix that stealing this line from http://santini.di.unimi.it/extras/ph/my-tmux-setup.html



                      eval $(tmux show-environment -t [YOUR-SESSION] | grep '^SSH_AUTH_SOCK')


                      Just run it from the pane that's complaining.






                      share|improve this answer













                      It happened to me that panes created when connecting via ssh from OS X started asking my passphrase after a while of working ok. I found a way to fix that stealing this line from http://santini.di.unimi.it/extras/ph/my-tmux-setup.html



                      eval $(tmux show-environment -t [YOUR-SESSION] | grep '^SSH_AUTH_SOCK')


                      Just run it from the pane that's complaining.







                      share|improve this answer












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                      answered Jun 12 '14 at 15:47









                      user1153623user1153623

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                          Not sure if you are using bash or another shell, but this guy's tmux setup looks like it would work for bash. Personally, I am using zsh with oh-my-zsh, and I found that ssh-agent started working in tmux after I added



                          zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent agent-forwarding on


                          to my .zshrc file and reloaded the config in my running zsh sessions. I also found this guy's zsh-oriented solution, but it turned out to be unnecessary for me.






                          share|improve this answer




























                            2














                            Not sure if you are using bash or another shell, but this guy's tmux setup looks like it would work for bash. Personally, I am using zsh with oh-my-zsh, and I found that ssh-agent started working in tmux after I added



                            zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent agent-forwarding on


                            to my .zshrc file and reloaded the config in my running zsh sessions. I also found this guy's zsh-oriented solution, but it turned out to be unnecessary for me.






                            share|improve this answer


























                              2












                              2








                              2







                              Not sure if you are using bash or another shell, but this guy's tmux setup looks like it would work for bash. Personally, I am using zsh with oh-my-zsh, and I found that ssh-agent started working in tmux after I added



                              zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent agent-forwarding on


                              to my .zshrc file and reloaded the config in my running zsh sessions. I also found this guy's zsh-oriented solution, but it turned out to be unnecessary for me.






                              share|improve this answer













                              Not sure if you are using bash or another shell, but this guy's tmux setup looks like it would work for bash. Personally, I am using zsh with oh-my-zsh, and I found that ssh-agent started working in tmux after I added



                              zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent agent-forwarding on


                              to my .zshrc file and reloaded the config in my running zsh sessions. I also found this guy's zsh-oriented solution, but it turned out to be unnecessary for me.







                              share|improve this answer












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                              answered Aug 5 '11 at 18:39









                              cwjohnstoncwjohnston

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                                  What does:



                                  echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
                                  echo $SSH_AGENT_PID
                                  ssh-add -l


                                  print?



                                  Run it in your normal terminal, then run it inside your tmux session. They should print the same thing.






                                  share|improve this answer
























                                  • I added the response to these commands to the question. I've also realised that the problem also occurs when I login over ssh (without using tmux), and have edited the question accordingly.

                                    – Rich
                                    Jan 27 '11 at 9:56






                                  • 4





                                    ssh is easy. Turn agent forwarding on. Easiest way to do that is run ssh -A instead of ssh. Use an alias so you don't have to type it every time, or put it in your .SSH/config.

                                    – Mikel
                                    Jan 27 '11 at 22:37











                                  • Cool, thanks. That worked for ssh. Any ideas how to fix it in tmux?

                                    – Rich
                                    Feb 1 '11 at 17:38
















                                  1














                                  What does:



                                  echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
                                  echo $SSH_AGENT_PID
                                  ssh-add -l


                                  print?



                                  Run it in your normal terminal, then run it inside your tmux session. They should print the same thing.






                                  share|improve this answer
























                                  • I added the response to these commands to the question. I've also realised that the problem also occurs when I login over ssh (without using tmux), and have edited the question accordingly.

                                    – Rich
                                    Jan 27 '11 at 9:56






                                  • 4





                                    ssh is easy. Turn agent forwarding on. Easiest way to do that is run ssh -A instead of ssh. Use an alias so you don't have to type it every time, or put it in your .SSH/config.

                                    – Mikel
                                    Jan 27 '11 at 22:37











                                  • Cool, thanks. That worked for ssh. Any ideas how to fix it in tmux?

                                    – Rich
                                    Feb 1 '11 at 17:38














                                  1












                                  1








                                  1







                                  What does:



                                  echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
                                  echo $SSH_AGENT_PID
                                  ssh-add -l


                                  print?



                                  Run it in your normal terminal, then run it inside your tmux session. They should print the same thing.






                                  share|improve this answer













                                  What does:



                                  echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
                                  echo $SSH_AGENT_PID
                                  ssh-add -l


                                  print?



                                  Run it in your normal terminal, then run it inside your tmux session. They should print the same thing.







                                  share|improve this answer












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                                  answered Jan 25 '11 at 22:54









                                  MikelMikel

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                                  • I added the response to these commands to the question. I've also realised that the problem also occurs when I login over ssh (without using tmux), and have edited the question accordingly.

                                    – Rich
                                    Jan 27 '11 at 9:56






                                  • 4





                                    ssh is easy. Turn agent forwarding on. Easiest way to do that is run ssh -A instead of ssh. Use an alias so you don't have to type it every time, or put it in your .SSH/config.

                                    – Mikel
                                    Jan 27 '11 at 22:37











                                  • Cool, thanks. That worked for ssh. Any ideas how to fix it in tmux?

                                    – Rich
                                    Feb 1 '11 at 17:38



















                                  • I added the response to these commands to the question. I've also realised that the problem also occurs when I login over ssh (without using tmux), and have edited the question accordingly.

                                    – Rich
                                    Jan 27 '11 at 9:56






                                  • 4





                                    ssh is easy. Turn agent forwarding on. Easiest way to do that is run ssh -A instead of ssh. Use an alias so you don't have to type it every time, or put it in your .SSH/config.

                                    – Mikel
                                    Jan 27 '11 at 22:37











                                  • Cool, thanks. That worked for ssh. Any ideas how to fix it in tmux?

                                    – Rich
                                    Feb 1 '11 at 17:38

















                                  I added the response to these commands to the question. I've also realised that the problem also occurs when I login over ssh (without using tmux), and have edited the question accordingly.

                                  – Rich
                                  Jan 27 '11 at 9:56





                                  I added the response to these commands to the question. I've also realised that the problem also occurs when I login over ssh (without using tmux), and have edited the question accordingly.

                                  – Rich
                                  Jan 27 '11 at 9:56




                                  4




                                  4





                                  ssh is easy. Turn agent forwarding on. Easiest way to do that is run ssh -A instead of ssh. Use an alias so you don't have to type it every time, or put it in your .SSH/config.

                                  – Mikel
                                  Jan 27 '11 at 22:37





                                  ssh is easy. Turn agent forwarding on. Easiest way to do that is run ssh -A instead of ssh. Use an alias so you don't have to type it every time, or put it in your .SSH/config.

                                  – Mikel
                                  Jan 27 '11 at 22:37













                                  Cool, thanks. That worked for ssh. Any ideas how to fix it in tmux?

                                  – Rich
                                  Feb 1 '11 at 17:38





                                  Cool, thanks. That worked for ssh. Any ideas how to fix it in tmux?

                                  – Rich
                                  Feb 1 '11 at 17:38











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                                  There are many solutions, but the simplest one is found in Hans Ginzel's answer, dated 8 January 2016, to a related StackOverflow question dated 27 January 2014. Simply add the following to your shell ~/.profile or similar:



                                  alias ssh='eval $(tmux show-env -s | grep "^SSH_") && ssh'


                                  There is no need to define multi-line functions or create new temporary files. If you don't want to alias ssh, simply change it to fixssh and remove && ssh at the end, and run fixssh whenever you're trying to run ssh from inside a reattached tmux session.



                                  The answer by Hans Ginzel suggests that a 'newer version' of tmux is required to run show-env -s. This works for me in tmux 2.7, and on my reading of the changelog, -s was added on 3 June 2008 just before the release of tmux 0.3. tmux 2.3 (29 September 2016) is in Debian stable.






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                                    There are many solutions, but the simplest one is found in Hans Ginzel's answer, dated 8 January 2016, to a related StackOverflow question dated 27 January 2014. Simply add the following to your shell ~/.profile or similar:



                                    alias ssh='eval $(tmux show-env -s | grep "^SSH_") && ssh'


                                    There is no need to define multi-line functions or create new temporary files. If you don't want to alias ssh, simply change it to fixssh and remove && ssh at the end, and run fixssh whenever you're trying to run ssh from inside a reattached tmux session.



                                    The answer by Hans Ginzel suggests that a 'newer version' of tmux is required to run show-env -s. This works for me in tmux 2.7, and on my reading of the changelog, -s was added on 3 June 2008 just before the release of tmux 0.3. tmux 2.3 (29 September 2016) is in Debian stable.






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                                      There are many solutions, but the simplest one is found in Hans Ginzel's answer, dated 8 January 2016, to a related StackOverflow question dated 27 January 2014. Simply add the following to your shell ~/.profile or similar:



                                      alias ssh='eval $(tmux show-env -s | grep "^SSH_") && ssh'


                                      There is no need to define multi-line functions or create new temporary files. If you don't want to alias ssh, simply change it to fixssh and remove && ssh at the end, and run fixssh whenever you're trying to run ssh from inside a reattached tmux session.



                                      The answer by Hans Ginzel suggests that a 'newer version' of tmux is required to run show-env -s. This works for me in tmux 2.7, and on my reading of the changelog, -s was added on 3 June 2008 just before the release of tmux 0.3. tmux 2.3 (29 September 2016) is in Debian stable.






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                                      There are many solutions, but the simplest one is found in Hans Ginzel's answer, dated 8 January 2016, to a related StackOverflow question dated 27 January 2014. Simply add the following to your shell ~/.profile or similar:



                                      alias ssh='eval $(tmux show-env -s | grep "^SSH_") && ssh'


                                      There is no need to define multi-line functions or create new temporary files. If you don't want to alias ssh, simply change it to fixssh and remove && ssh at the end, and run fixssh whenever you're trying to run ssh from inside a reattached tmux session.



                                      The answer by Hans Ginzel suggests that a 'newer version' of tmux is required to run show-env -s. This works for me in tmux 2.7, and on my reading of the changelog, -s was added on 3 June 2008 just before the release of tmux 0.3. tmux 2.3 (29 September 2016) is in Debian stable.







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