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... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
