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Former Member
2 years ago

winssh-pageant does not work after last update

Hi.
I had been using winssh-pageant for WinSCP and Putty key authentication with the startup argument of --no-pageant-pipe (see here for example https://1password.community/discussion/129031/despite-what-the-documentation-says-1password-agent-is-compatible-with-putty-pageant) until the last 1Password update (8.10.4). Since the last 1Password update, I am not able to use it any longer and I get "No supported authentication methods available".
Any idea why, please?


1Password Version: 8.10.4
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OS Version: Windows 11
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Referrer: forum-search:--no-pageant-pipe

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    Any advice, please? Or is there any other way how to integrate 1Password SSH keys with Putty and WinSCP?

  • floris_1P's avatar
    floris_1P
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    We've introduced functionality to suppress prompts for SSH requests that come from background apps, to avoid unexpected prompts showing up (e.g. IDE performing a background Git fetch while you're watching a movie). You can still manually bring up these prompts from the 1Password system tray icon.

    That said, there might be a false positive in the background app detection for winssh-pageant. We'll try to reproduce this so we can fix it.

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    That was it. Thank you! I did not notice that the tray icon actually has a red dot on it. When I clicked the icon, I could see a SSH key request. I authorized it and successfully authenticated.

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    After I restarted my computer, it behaves the same. Even when I authorized the app to use SSH keys, after the computer restart, it asks again for authorization. Is that expected behavior?

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    Hey. I have another issue. Now it is saying "No supported authentication methods available". I have not changed anything. I don't know when the issue appeared, but I have been seeing this for a week approximately. WinSSH-Pageant bridge is running in processes.

    Any idea what could be wrong, please?

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    Former Member

    I found out that apparently Putty with WinSSH-Pageant cannot request authorization from 1Password for SSH key usage. When I run SSH from Windows Terminal, it asks for authorization as expected and works fine. Putty is not able to do the same. But when I run SSH from Windows Terminal first and then try Putty, it works because I have already authorized all apps via Windows Terminal.

  • floris_1P's avatar
    floris_1P
    Icon for 1Password Team rank1Password Team

    We have fixed the false positive for background detection for winssh-pageant. Does it work for you now?

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    Yes, I confirm that after the last update, it works as expected. Thank you!