ssh keychain for git pull cron

06
2013-08
  • Katafalkas

    I am a bit of a newbie with linux, so must apologize straight away if this is something obvious and/or silly.

    I am trying to create a git pull cronjob that gets update from GitHub repo every few minutes.

    Now the problem is that I can not get it working without entering pass-phrase every time cron runs.

    ssh-agent and ssh-add does not do the trick as they loose the passwords every time user logs out. So I got the guide http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ssh-passwordless-login-with-keychain-for-scripts/ and followed it, but still no results.

    I can not seem to get the keychain working properly. I think.

    The steps I have done:

    • Installed the keychain from RPMforge.

    • Edited the vi $HOME/.bash_profile to include:

      /usr/bin/keychain $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa

      source $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh

    • And according to the guide, after I re-log, keychain should be working and I should not need to enter the pass-phrase every time I ssh -T [email protected]

    I am probably missing something, but can not seem to figure out what. Maybe someone has some suggestions ?

    • Answers
  • Sandy8086

    try this link to solved same problem link

    its help full to you..


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  • Alasdair

    I have recently switched from Gnome to Xfce on Ubuntu 9.04.

    In Gnome, the first time I entered the passphrase, it prompted me to save the passphrase.

    In Xfce however, I am prompted for the passphrase every time I connect.

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  • wfaulk

    Use ssh-agent and ssh-add?

  • Dan

    If you've installed Seahorse (sudo apt-get install seahorse), add export $(gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --start) to your .bashrc and you'll get the same SSH key behaviour as in vanilla Ubuntu.

  • slhck

    I think this is what you're looking for:

    Setup of SSH agent in Xubuntu 11.10 to get password-less authentication with use of public key | Hnygard.no

    If you have not already done so, set up your private and public key (See Githubs description about SSH key half way through Set Up Git). It is important that you add a passphrase to your private key.

    Install the package ssh-askpass:

    sudo apt-get install ssh-askpass

    Add «/usr/bin/ssh-add» to your start up. Go to Settings – Settings manager – Session and startup. Go to Application Autostart and add an item that runs the command «/usr/bin/ssh-add«:

    On next login you’ll get the following dialog asking for your passphrase. After entering it, you can open a terminal or use sftp in the file manager without typing a password.

  • kolypto

    ssh application examines $SSH_ASKPASS environment variable (man ssh) and executes that application in order to get passphrase. You should switch this app to another one, that's capable of remembering: e.g. the one GNOME uses originally.