#41543: openssh @6.4p1 add launchd support to ssh-agent -------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: jpo@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.2.1 Keywords: | Port: openssh -------------------------+-------------------------------- This patch allows ssh-agent to be started via launchd as a LaunchAgent such that the macports ssh-agent can replace the system ssh-agent. This is required to use graphical applications that use ssh without providing a way to request a passphrase for the ssh key (because in the version of ssh that ships with osx, passphrase entry is handled automatically via the keychain). The default LaunchAgent exports SSH_AUTH_SOCK to the environment of everything in the user's session, and launches ssh-agent when a connection to that socket is first attempted. That single ssh-agent process continues running for the duration of the user's session so that you can ssh-add your key and then use it from anything else, for example another terminal window or a graphical application that does not have a mechanism for passphrase entry. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41543> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X