ssh key and agent

Create a key pair.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@yourhost.com"

Create or add to ~/.profile file

` env=~/.ssh/agent.env

agent_load_env () { test -f "$env" && . "$env" >| /dev/null ; }

agent_start () { (umask 077; ssh-agent >| "$env") . "$env" >| /dev/null ; }

agent_load_env

agent_run_state: 0=agent running w/ key; 1=agent w/o key; 2= agent not running

agent_run_state=$(ssh-add -l >| /dev/null 2>&1; echo $?)

if [ ! "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ] || [ $agent_run_state = 2 ]; then agent_start ssh-add elif [ "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ] && [ $agent_run_state = 1 ]; then ssh-add fi

unset env `

Example agent.env file as referenced in .profile script.

SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-01fkZexxDP09/agent.3440; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK; SSH_AGENT_PID=7496; export SSH_AGENT_PID; echo Agent pid 7496;