> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SSH_keys#Start_ssh-agent_with_systemd_user > > It seems that SSH_AUTH_SOCK does not get set although it is in the user unit > file. > > $ systemctl --user status ssh-agent.service > ● ssh-agent.service - SSH key agent > Loaded: loaded (/home/rd/.config/systemd/user/ssh-agent.service; enabled; > vendor preset: enabled) > Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-01-21 21:14:16 CET; 7min ago > Main PID: 574 (ssh-agent) > Tasks: 1 (limit: 9331) > Memory: 920.0K > CPU: 9ms > CGroup: /user.slice/user-2809.slice/user@2809.service/app.slice/ssh- > agent.service > └─574 /usr/bin/ssh-agent -D -a /run/user/2809/ssh-agent.socket > > Jan 21 21:14:16 n3150 ssh-agent[574]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/2809/ssh- > agent.socket; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK; > Jan 21 21:14:16 n3150 ssh-agent[574]: echo Agent pid 574; > Jan 21 21:14:16 n3150 systemd[564]: Started SSH key agent. > $ cat .config/systemd/user/ssh-agent.service > [Unit] > Description=SSH key agent > > [Service] > Type=simple > Environment=SSH_AUTH_SOCK=%t/ssh-agent.socket > # DISPLAY required for ssh-askpass to work > Environment=DISPLAY=:0 > ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -D -a $SSH_AUTH_SOCK > > [Install] > WantedBy=default.target > $ ssh-add > Could not open a connection to your authentication agent. > $ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK > > $ > > Can anybody tell what I am missing? > > Any hint or advice is welcome. > I think you need to add the variable in your shell's rc and make it match the one in the service. I have `export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$UID}/ssh-agent.socket"` in my ~/.zshrc
