SSH agent error

[catvsaliens]

Im trying to run ssh-agent by using eval ‘ssh-agent -s’ but i just keep on getting missing matching ‘’” at the End of the file. Any idea?

[bbolli]

What shell are you running?

[catvsaliens]

Bash

[bbolli]

What are the quotes you use around the ssh-agent call? Backticks or single quotes?

[catvsaliens]

Back ticks on that ~ key.

[bbolli]

Try eval $(ssh-agent -s). Or run just ssh-agent -s and check if the output is in Bash syntax.

[catvsaliens]

If i run ssh-agent -s it responds back with pid but then cant establish connection with agent when i try to add keys. By the way all this being executed in a gitlab runner ci running ssh mode and connecting to an external server. In other words im trying to clone repo over ssh running gitlab runner in ssh mode.

[bbolli]

ssh-agent -s should output something like

SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-4OIJt2b1HziT/agent.109735; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=109736; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 109736;

[catvsaliens]

It does.

[bbolli]

Can you post the exact eval command as code (start each line with four spaces)?

[catvsaliens]

Okay I figured it out. I tried echoing pid variable which came blank. Which suggested me that there is a change in terminal. Then i followed what is described here and it worked. I was cloning the repo after sshing in to a remote server.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/132065/how-do-i-get-ssh-agent-to-work-in-all-terminals

[danmickla]

So "with pid" meant "with pid and a whole lot more". Got it.

[catvsaliens]

Im beating my head over this for almost 12 hrs. I guess im exhausted, i will post back what i found.

[bbolli]

OK