Subject: Re: [PATCH] Request SSH agent forwarding

Re: [PATCH] Request SSH agent forwarding

From: Mitchell Hashimoto <mitchell.hashimoto_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:39:17 -0700

Daniel,

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012, Mitchell Hashimoto wrote:
>
>> Attached is a patch to add a new method
>> `libssh2_channel_request_auth_agent` which requests that an agent forwarding
>> listener be started on the remote side for SSH agent forwarding.
>
>
> Thanks. Can you also provide a man page for this new function so that I can
> better understand how it is supposed to work? It would also make it easier
> to review the code.

Yep, attached.

>
>
>> I've tested the code by modifying the ssh_exec.c example to request agent
>> forwarding, which worked great. I didn't write a new example though, so I
>> didn't commit these changes (since it alters ssh_exec).
>
>
> It'd be great if you just renamed your test code then and submitted it as a
> new example!

Haha maybe if this patch gets accepted. I want to straighten anything out first.

How is it now?

Mitchell

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Received on 2012-03-17