Use ssh-add under Windows to report Error connecting to agent: No such file or directory

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Environmental information

• Operating system: windows 10
• Terminal: Windows PowerShell <a name=”pXQ8f”></a>

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problem

Error when using ssh-add

PS D:\code> ssh-add -l
Error connecting to agent: No such file or directory

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Processing steps

• Check whether the ssh-agent service started successfully

PS D:\code> get-service ssh*

Status   Name               DisplayName
------   ----               -----------
Stopped  ssh-agent          OpenSSH Authentication Agent

• Found that the ssh-agent service status is stopped, start the service

PS D:\code> Set-Service -Name ssh-agent -StartupType Manual
PS D:\code> Start-Service ssh-agent

• Execute the ssh-add command to check whether it is successful

PS D:\code> ssh-add -l
2048 SHA256:Dw8iD5trSzInnsmmDpaXBusdfL2K3wM3b+GMulKNHbAU C:\Users\Administrator\.ssh\xxx-pc (RSA)
2048 SHA256:Mb4qKSueS8bqNALm3423eD98KdTIuEwnLvfVWTNPCusg C:\Users\Administrator\.ssh\yyy (RSA)
2048 SHA256:nyLi89QHTYFMr97sM0cG9I6sBfA82GpR9Os2WF0HlwA C:\Users\Administrator\.ssh\id_rsa (RSA)

• problem solved