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December 1, 2022
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SSH agent error - failed to start ssh config file watcher

  • December 1, 2022
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Hi,
I have a fresh install of ubuntu 22.04LTS and I've noticed that the SSH agent is not showing during ssh login.
I've installed 1Password using package manager.

I've found these errors:
$ cat ~/.config/1Password/logs/1Password_r00000.log | grep "ssh"
ERROR 2022-11-30T22:12:51.215 ThreadId(22) [1P:ssh/op-ssh-config/src/lib.rs:153] Could not open ssh config file in ~/.ssh/config
ERROR 2022-11-30T22:12:51.215 ThreadId(22) [1P:/builds/dev/core/core/ssh/op-ssh-config/src/lib.rs:140] Failed to start ssh config file watcher: Io(Os { code: 2, kind: NotFound, message: "No such file or directory" })
INFO 2022-11-30T22:16:03.505 tokio-runtime-worker(ThreadId(3)) [1P:ssh/op-agent-controller/src/desktop.rs:374] SSH Agent has started.

I've also followed https://support.1password.com/system-authentication-linux/ and tried troubleshooting with the aid of "Get help" section. Could you please help me?

1Password Version: 8.9.8
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: ubuntu 22.04LTS
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Best answer by ryan99

I was having the exact same problem after reading through the "Getting Started" guide I figured out that I was missing the ".ssh/config" file.

After following the steps and creating the file, specifically:

https://developer.1password.com/docs/ssh/get-started/#step-4-configure-your-ssh-or-git-client

The problem was fixed.

It seem that when 1password starts on Linux it watches the file: "~/.ssh/config" for changes, if the file does not exist 1password crashes.

Even though the 1password agent works with only the Environment variable set:

"export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=~/.1password/agent.sock"

To prevent 1password from crashing you will also need create the "~/.ssh/config" file.

4 replies

Jack_P_1P
Jack_P_1P
1Password Employee
December 6, 2022

Hi @smoxy:

Thanks for reaching out. Just to confirm, have you followed all the steps on the Get Started page?

Get started | SSH Agent

After the agent is enabled in 1Password, it's still necessary to configure SSH to use it, either with an environment variable, or a setting in ~/.ssh/config. Let me know how you get on with that, or if you run into trouble along the way.

Jack

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Anonymous
December 6, 2022

Hi @Jack_P_1P, I fixed it after a couple of hours enabling TPM from bios, but I still get some errors:

  1. every time I have to make an SSH login 1password asks me for the password
  2. addons both on chromium and on firefox are not bound with the 1password app.

Do I have to open another thread or could you help me from here?

Jack_P_1P
Jack_P_1P
1Password Employee
December 12, 2022

Hi @smoxy:

In that case, I'd like to ask you to create a diagnostics report from your Linux computer:

Sending Diagnostics Reports (Mac)

Attach the diagnostics to an email message addressed to support+forum@1password.com.

With your email please include:

You should receive an automated reply from our BitBot assistant with a Support ID number. Please post that number here. Thanks very much!

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ryan99Answer
July 18, 2025

I was having the exact same problem after reading through the "Getting Started" guide I figured out that I was missing the ".ssh/config" file.

After following the steps and creating the file, specifically:

https://developer.1password.com/docs/ssh/get-started/#step-4-configure-your-ssh-or-git-client

The problem was fixed.

It seem that when 1password starts on Linux it watches the file: "~/.ssh/config" for changes, if the file does not exist 1password crashes.

Even though the 1password agent works with only the Environment variable set:

"export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=~/.1password/agent.sock"

To prevent 1password from crashing you will also need create the "~/.ssh/config" file.

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