Bug 411274 - Support storing SSH key passphrase in secure store
Summary: Support storing SSH key passphrase in secure store
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: EGit
Classification: Technology
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: PC Mac OS X
: P3 enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: 5.3   Edit
Assignee: Project Inbox CLA
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: 545684 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2013-06-20 11:19 EDT by Gunnar Wagenknecht CLA
Modified: 2019-04-12 08:53 EDT (History)
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Description Gunnar Wagenknecht CLA 2013-06-20 11:19:20 EDT 
It would be nice if EGit can somehow integrate with Keyring on Mac OS X for storing passphrases of SSH keys.

FWIW, there is a workaround available by using the native SSH agent:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/FAQ#Store_SSH_Key_Passphrase_in_Mac_Keyring
Comment 1 Libor Jelinek CLA 2013-06-23 17:50:47 EDT 
Same quite annoying drawback of EGit affects Ubuntu where I also still and still need to type my SSH passphrase.

However also the same workaround (setting GIT_SSH=/usr/bin/ssh) helps, it is really annoying and should be addressed in further versions.
Comment 2 Gunnar Wagenknecht CLA 2019-04-12 08:51:24 EDT 
*** Bug 545684 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Gunnar Wagenknecht CLA 2019-04-12 08:53:11 EDT 
This is now working in 5.3 with the Apache MINA SSHD client.