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WSL openssh access windows npiperelay
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| # WSL openssh cannot access the ssh keys stored in the windows openssh server. | |
| # with npiperelay it can, redirecting the socket | |
| # checkout: https://github.com/jstarks/npiperelay | |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| cd ~; | |
| echo "Install socat and unzip" | |
| sudo apt -y install socat unzip | |
| echo "Get npiperelay"; | |
| wget https://github.com/jstarks/npiperelay/releases/latest/download/npiperelay_windows_amd64.zip | |
| unzip -o npiperelay_windows_amd64.zip -d npiperelay | |
| rm npiperelay_windows_amd64.zip | |
| echo "update env vars for ssh socket, add to .bashrc" | |
| cat << 'EOF' >> ~/.bashrc | |
| export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$HOME/.ssh/agent.sock | |
| ss -a | grep -q $SSH_AUTH_SOCK | |
| if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then | |
| rm -f $SSH_AUTH_SOCK | |
| (setsid socat UNIX-LISTEN:$SSH_AUTH_SOCK,fork EXEC:"$HOME/npiperelay/npiperelay.exe -ei -s //./pipe/openssh-ssh-agent",nofork &) >/dev/null 2>&1 | |
| fi | |
| EOF | |
| echo "Reload ~/.bashrc" | |
| exec bash | |
| echo "Done" |
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