2020-06-26 22:34:39 -04:00
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---
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title: "GPG Agent as SSH Agent"
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date: 2020-06-14T22:33:01-04:00
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draft: false
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2023-01-04 09:08:01 -05:00
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tags: ["SSH", "GPG/PGP"]
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2023-01-05 14:04:45 -05:00
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medium_enabled: true
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2020-06-26 22:34:39 -04:00
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---
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GPG Agent has the ability to act as a SSH Agent. This allows the use of Authentication keys on Smartcards to be used with SSH as well.
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First we need to enable SSH support in GPG Agent,
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```bash
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echo "enable-ssh-support" >> ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
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```
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Then we need to specify an environmental variable for the SSH Daemon to use GPG Agent
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```bash
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echo "export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$(gpgconf --list-dirs agent-ssh-socket)" >> ~/.bashrc
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```
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If you want it to be active immediately, then source the bashrc,
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```bash
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source ~/.bashrc
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```
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If you have a smartcard plugged in, then you should be able to see it via the GPG agent
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```bash
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ssh-add -l
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```
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