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I need to re-run eval(ssh-agent) and ssh-add on every boot

I'm wondering if I could get some help. I recently reinstalled my OS and I'm running into a strange issue that I've never run into before. I'm following the Github steps to add ssh agent

Basically, every time I log in I need to run

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_personal

when I reboot my computer.

When I try to run git clone X I'm getting

Cloning into 'X'...
[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

but after I run the above 2 commands, I can clone just fine

Note: issue is also with Gitlab. Sorry, I should have been explicit

Solution

  • It sounds like you're running on Linux, and your login is probably "bash".

    If so, I would consider adding these two lines to the bottom of your ~/.bashrc login file:

    eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_personal

    You might also consider trying this: