SSH: Could not open a connection to your authentication agent

Posted August 7, 2016
Networking

Hello

I accessed my server with ssh one time on from Ubuntu16.04

But when tried to connect next time I goy this error “Could not open a connection to your authentication agent” after executing $ eval ssh-agent -s $ ssh-add <path_to_private_key>

So I cant connect with ssh, and I don’t have login or password. How can I get at least a login and password to access the server?

Please, help :) I am new to Ubuntu

natalka

Ryan Quinn • August 9, 2016

Can you share a little more information so we can best help you.

What operating system are you using on your local computer?
What SSH client are you using
If you’re using a command line SSH client what exact command are you using to attempt your connection.
If you’re on macOS or Linux, what is the contents of your ~/.ssh directory?

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genTRS80 • April 12, 2019

I am having the same problem. I have tried exec ssh-agent -s. It does not work. I am using Putty on a Windows machine.

raghdajd • March 8, 2018

i have the same problem in the gitlab about the jobs can someone help me please!

Ryan Quinn • December 14, 2016

Instead of eval ssh-agent -s you may need to use: