SSH Pageant Error

cworrell

I'm trying to use Pageant so I can ssh without entering my password. I have added the following to C:\laragon\usr\user.cmd

call "%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%\cmd\start-ssh-pageant.cmd"

and I have set the user environment variable SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/.ssh-pageant-username.

But now when opening terminal from Laragon, I get the following output

Starting ssh-pageant...
'-qra' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I'm not sure if it's related, but I also am unable to use single quotes for strings with some commands in the terminal either. ie:

git commit -m 'My message here'
error: pathspec 'message' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'here'' did not match any file(s) known to git.

Thank you.

leokhoa

@cworrell
You can follow my instructions below:

Fix PATH issue:
Open the file C:\laragon\bin\cmder\vendor\init.bat, ensure this block of code

if exist "%USER_DIR%\user.cmd" (
    rem create this file and place your own command in there
    call "%USER_DIR%\user.cmd"
) else (
    echo Creating user startup file: "%USER_DIR%\user.cmd"
    (
    echo :: use this file to run your own startup commands
    echo :: use  in front of the command to prevent printing the command
    echo.
    echo :: call %%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%%/cmd/start-ssh-agent.cmd
    echo :: set PATH=%%USER_DIR%%\bin\whatever;%%PATH%%
	echo.
	echo :: cmd /c start http://localhost 
    echo.
    ) > "%USER_DIR%\user.cmd"
    
    :: cd /d "%CMDER_ROOT%\..\..\www"
	rem
)

is located below

if exist "%CMDER_ROOT%\..\laragon\laragon.cmd" (
    :: call Laragon own commands
    call "%CMDER_ROOT%\..\laragon\laragon.cmd"
)

Add this code block to C:\laragon\usr\user.cmd

set SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/.ssh-pageant-%USERNAME%
call start-ssh-pageant.cmd
start pageant C:\key1.ppk C:\key2.ppk

Just change key1.ppk (key2.ppk, ...) to proper path(s)

That's all.

cworrell

@leokhoa
thanks very much.. so is that a bug with the current version of laragon? the code blocks being switched like that?

Also, the set SSH_AUTH_SOCK section did not work for me, but setting that as a user environment variable did the trick.

cworrell

@leokhoa
Any ideas about not being able to use single quotes for certain commands?

leokhoa

You may say it a bug . The code moving helps you type commands short (without putting full paths)

@cworrell said in SSH Pageant Error:

@leokhoa
thanks very much.. so is that a bug with the current version of laragon? the code blocks being switched like that?

Also, the set SSH_AUTH_SOCK section did not work for me, but setting that as a user environment variable did the trick.

leokhoa

I have no idea. It may be a bug of msysgit.
@cworrell said in SSH Pageant Error:

@leokhoa
Any ideas about not being able to use single quotes for certain commands?