Re: using ssh-agent

I am trying to make pgadmin using a ssh tunnel. I do not want to
install a xorg server on production servers just for pgadmin :) ( plus
the fact that I would have to run a pgadmin on every server with a db...
definitely a no-go. )

In more verbose:
I have pgadmin installed on my localhost Debian, i3 ( my window manager
) is started with "ssh-agent startx" in ~/.bash_profile, so that I am
able to use ssh-add to add my keys, and then to use ssh without it
asking me my passphrases constantly. This works fine.

I have added servers in pgadmin with uses the tab "SSH Tunnel", enabled
"Use SSH tunneling", filled "Tunnel host", "Username", selected
"identity file", and of course I have given Identity file. When I try to
connect, pgadmin asks me the postgresql password ( this is normal ), and
then my passphrase ( this is not normal, since I have added my
passphrase to ssh-agent through ssh-add ).

When I have given the identifiers pgadmin wants, things works ( only
had few crashes, but not easy to reproduce, and I do not have any
information about the reason, I do not always start pgadmin from
terminal... ). The only problem is, is it possible to make pgadmin using
ssh-agent stuff, like in commandline ssh usual commands?
Because I connect to exactly 2 distant servers, and I do not like to
enter my passphrases everytime there is a connection problem, a crash,
or whatever. It would be really nicer if I could only type the 2
postgresql passwords ( which is still annoying, but I do not know if it
can be helped. )

PS: no need to make me in CC, I have subscribed to the list.

Le 18.04.2014 13:07, Rick Dicaire a écrit :
> Berenger, are you wanting to tunnel the pgadmin connection to the db
> servers, or ssh X11 forward a remote pgadmin app to local desktop, or
> ...?
>
>  On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 4:33 AM,  wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Is it possible to use pgadmin in combination with ssh-agent?
>> I have configured ssh-agent and my Xorg session and it works well
>> in command-line ( a ssh-add on a terminal allows any ssh connection
>> on any other terminal ) but it seems pgadmin does not look at
>> ssh-agent keys, which makes mandatory to type the passphrase to the
>> system, and the password of the postgresql user I'm trying to
>> connect. Since I use that ssh connection to connect to 2 DB
> servers,
>> I have to type 4 passwords each time I'm trying to (re)connect,
> when
>> I could only have two to type if I could configure pgadmin to
>> support ssh-agent.
>>
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