It's fine. Maybe there are old sockets remaining on /tmp/ directory? Try deleting all files and folders in the /tmp/ dir and relaunch ssh-agent.
I usually launch ssh-agent with this command ``` eval $(ssh-agent) ``` After launching ssh-agent with the above command, there are two environment variables related to ssh-agent: SSH_AGENT_PID and SSH_AUTH_SOCK. To verify that those environments are available, run this command ``` env | grep -E SSH ``` You should see output similar to this ``` env | grep -E ^SSH SSH_AGENT_PID=4416 SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-VRhorGk5KFI0/agent.5000 ``` The rest is adding ssh keys to the agent. ``` ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa ``` The added keys should be available for use with ssh in the same terminal session. If you intend to use the same ssh-agent instance on multiple terminal sessions, you have to set the value of SSH_AGENT_PID and SSH_AUTH_SOCKS according to the first ssh-agent instance. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
