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ssh-agent plugin
This plugin starts automatically ssh-agent to set up and load whichever
credentials you want for ssh connections.
To enable it, add ssh-agent to your plugins:
plugins=(... ssh-agent)
Settings
IMPORTANT: put these settings before the line that sources oh-my-zsh
To enable agent forwarding support add the following to your zshrc file:
zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent agent-forwarding on
To load multiple identities use the identities style, For example:
zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent identities id_rsa id_rsa2 id_github
To set the maximum lifetime of the identities, use the lifetime style.
The lifetime may be specified in seconds or as described in sshd_config(5)
(see TIME FORMATS). If left unspecified, the default lifetime is forever.
zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent lifetime 4h
To pass arguments to the ssh-add command that adds the identities on startup,
use the ssh-add-args setting. You can pass multiple arguments separated by spaces:
zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent ssh-add-args -K -c -a /run/user/1000/ssh-auth
These will then be passed the the ssh-add call as if written directly. The example
above will turn into:
ssh-add -K -c -a /run/user/1000/ssh-auth <identities>
For valid ssh-add arguments run ssh-add --help or man ssh-add.
To set an external helper to ask for the passwords and possibly store
them in the system keychain use the helper style. For example:
zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent helper ksshaskpass
Credits
Based on code from Joseph M. Reagle: https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-06/msg00537.html
Agent-forwarding support based on ideas from Florent Thoumie and Jonas Pfenniger