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cblavier
2 years agoNew Contributor
ForwardAgent not working if the remote host has 1password IdentityAgent running
Hey there,
I'm connecting from my Mac computer (with 1password ssh-agent running) to another mac (also with 1password ssh-agent running).
I already set ForwardAgent yes and I can see with ...
Michael_Mercuri
2 years agoFrequent Contributor
What is the value of SSH_AUTH_SOCK
environment variable after you ssh into the remote Mac? It should be separate from the socket used by 1Password when logged in locally via the desktop. i.e. on the remote host via ssh, it should NOT be something like ~/Library/Group Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password/t/agent.sock
. Typically it should be something under /tmp
and unique for each ssh session.
I think I used to have this issue too, until I customized my environment pretty heavily to ensure 1Password SSH Agent and CLI works reliably over SSH and tmux sessions.