I have my own ssh server (on raspberry pi 5, Ubuntu Server 23) but when I try to connect from my PC using key authentication (having password disabled), I get a blank screen. A blinking cursor.
However, once I enter the command eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
and try ssh again, I successfully login after entering my passphrase. I don’t want to issue this command every time. Is that possible?
This does not occur when I have password enabled on the ssh server. Also, ideally, I want to enter my passphrase EVERYTIME I connect to my server, so ideally I don’t want it to be stored in cache or something. I want the passphrase to be a lil’ password so that other people can’t accidentally connect to my server when they use my PC.
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=3980 SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/gcr/ssh SESSION_MANAGER=local/computername:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/3857,unix/computername:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3857 GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/668d083f_5746_4268_beac_1ab8e7e69305 GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 GRADLE_HOME=/usr/share/java/gradle LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8 DISPLAY=:1 QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct COLORTERM=truecolor QT_IM_MODULE=ibus USER=username LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8 XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome- HOME=/home/username PWD=/home/username DESKTOP_SESSION=gnome XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8 XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/username/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ WINDOWPATH=2 XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=gnome VTE_VERSION=7602 LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8 MAIL=/var/spool/mail/username DEBUGINFOD_URLS=https://debuginfod.archlinux.org QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1 LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8 LOGNAME=username MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH=/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.service/memory.pressure MEMORY_PRESSURE_WRITE=c29tZSAyMDAwMDAgMjAwMDAwMAA= XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.870 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 SHELL=/bin/zsh XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8 EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano PATH=/home/username/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl USERNAME=username GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8 GDM_LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8 MOTD_SHOWN=pam TERM=xterm-256color GDMSESSION=gnome XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8 SHLVL=1 OLDPWD=/home/username LESS_TERMCAP_mb= LESS_TERMCAP_md= LESS_TERMCAP_me= LESS_TERMCAP_se= LESS_TERMCAP_so= LESS_TERMCAP_ue= LESS_TERMCAP_us= LESS=-R LS_OPTIONS=--color=auto LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.7z=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.apk=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.crate=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.drpm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.egg=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.pyz=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.tar=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.udeb=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.whl=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.crdownload=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-new=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.dpkg-tmp=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90: P9K_SSH=0 _P9K_SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0 P9K_TTY=old _P9K_TTY=/dev/pts/0 _=/usr/bin/env
What happens if you do:
And then try to connect?
Hey that works too! Same effect as my previous workaround, that I just posted yesterday.
I do have to repeat this command everytime, so I had to put it into ~/.zshrc so it’s executed beforehand in every new terminal.
It still does feel lile a workaround since it ‘resets’ itself (as I said) with every new terminal.