ssh-agent on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

Scripts to use to persist ssh-agent on Bash on Windows on Ubuntu

How To

Read the blog post here

http://daveeddy.com/2017/10/18/persistent-sshagent-on-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows/

Install

Put the scripts into place

mkdir -p ~/bin
cp -vf ./start-ssh-agent ~/bin

Create a hidden scheduled task on Windows to then start this script at login

powershell -noprofile -windowstyle hidden -command "c:\windows\system32\bash.exe -c "~/bin/start-ssh-agent""

Deprecated Process

NOTE: This is the old way of installing this - the new process is explained in the blog post and way more simple.

The above blog post illustrates all of the steps required to make this work. You can run the included install script to put the script files into place.

$ cd old
$ ./install
mkdir: created directory '/home/dave/bin'
'/home/dave/userprofile' -> '/mnt/c/Users/dave'
mkdir: created directory '/home/dave/userprofile/Documents/scripts'
'/home/dave/userprofile/Documents/scripts/start-hidden.vbs' -> '/home/dave/dev/windows-bash-ssh-agent/start-hidden.vbs'
'/home/dave/userprofile/Documents/scripts/start-ssh-agent.bat' -> '/home/dave/dev/windows-bash-ssh-agent/start-ssh-agent.bat'
'/home/dave/bin/start-ssh-agent' -> '/home/dave/dev/windows-bash-ssh-agent/start-ssh-agent'

The Windows username can be supplied as the first argument - $USER is assumed.

License

MIT License