I'm using openssh (OpenSSH_5.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8n 24 Mar 2010) on Cygwin and I'm having trouble getting Subversion to work with ssh-agent. I apologize if this is the wrong list to ask about this on, but it appears to me to be an openssh issue, not Subversion. I have Subversion working using an ssh+svn connection that requires a certificate. The certificate is in PKCS#12 format. I want to add this certificate to ssh-agent so I don't have to type my passphrase all the time. Unfortunately the Subversion FAQ doesn't provide any details on doing this. (http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#ssh-auth-cache) Attempting to directly add the certificate to ssh-agent results in an endless "Bad passphrase, try again for certificate.p12" cycle. If I extract the key and client certificate into separate files (certificate & certificate.pub) I'm able to add them to ssh-agent, but I find no configuration of the .subversion/servers file that causes Subversion to act like the agent is there. Per the comments in the servers file the ssl-client-cert-file entry must point to a PKCS#12 format file, so I can't just point at the PEM versions. If anyone with expertise in openssh and/or subversion can help me get this working I would greatly appreciate it. Regards, Steven
