[nfbcs] help requested with cygwin & ssh-add

[Aaron Cannon]

You don't suppose it could be some sort of firewall issue do you? You might also try asking in a forum that is more specifically for this type of issue. 

Good luck. 

Aaron 

--
This message was sent from a mobile device


> On Mar 18, 2015, at 23:18, Graham Mehl via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
> I am running JAWS 15 on a Windows 7 machine with cygwin (version unknown). I
> have installed cygwin and have created ssh keys to include rsa_id files.
> when I execute the ssh-agent command it appears to run and establishes a
> process running. however, when I run the ssh-add command it says it is
> unable to communicate with the ssh agent to add my keys. I have the exact
> same keys setup on a linux box and execute the two commands and it works
> just fine.  What am I missing. I would really like to get this working for
> two reasons. One, my project at work is using a git repo and it is a pain to
> continually be prompted for my pass phrase on my certs when I interact with
> the git repo. Second, I would like to see if I can get maven to work within
> cygwin. The maven program appears to work fine, but my pom.xml file reaches
> out to various repos to obtain artifacts and happen to be PKI cert
> protected. If I can get the ssh-agent thing to work, I am thinking I will
> not  have the build  of the pom.xml file blow up. I am wondering if part of
> my problem is I do not have a .bashrc type file in my cygwin home directory.
> Do I need / require this kind of file to get this to work? If so what should
> my .bashrc file look like? It does not look like I have a default shell type
> setup either.  Any thoughts would be appreciated. 
> 
> respecrfully,
> 
> Graham 
> 
> blind at trailstone.com 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nfbcs mailing list
> nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfbcs:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/cannona%40fireantproductions.com