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SSH Agent Forwarding
I'm really enjoying using 1Password as a ssh-agent with biometric unlock. I'm wondering if it's possible forward the SSH agent though.
Scenario:
I have two macs with 1Password setup with biomet...
I specify the forwarded agent explicitly when I need it (which is correctly set in the $SSH_AGENT_SOCK environment variable):
shell
ssh -o IdentityAgent=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK your.host.name
For git, this would be (solving the OPs question):
shell
GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -o IdentityAgent=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" git push
Background: The agent forwarding works fine, but the IdentityAgent setting in .ssh/config takes precedence over the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable set by ssh. It seems to be possible to use environment variables in the .ssh/config file as well (specifically for the IdentityAgent setting), but I believe this won't work for non-terminal applications.
It's not perfect, but works for me.
HTH
