When I try to start the ssh-agent on Windows 10 via PowerShell (with elevated right or without) by entering Start-Service ssh-agent I get the error
unable to start ssh-agent service, error :1058
When I check of the service is running via Get-Service ssh-agent is returns that the service is stopped.
How can I get the ssh-agent running?
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The answer is
I solved the problem by changing the StartupType of the ssh-agent to Manual via Set-Service ssh-agent -StartupType Manual.
Then I was able to start the service via Start-Service ssh-agent or just ssh-agent.exe.
Yeah, as others have suggested, this error seems to mean that ssh-agent is installed but its service (on windows) hasn't been started.
You can check this by running in Windows PowerShell:
> Get-Service ssh-agent
And then check the output of status is not running.
Status Name DisplayName
------ ---- -----------
Stopped ssh-agent OpenSSH Authentication Agent
Then check that the service has been disabled by running
> Get-Service ssh-agent | Select StartType
StartType
---------
Disabled
I suggest setting the service to start manually. This means that as soon as you run ssh-agent, it'll start the service. You can do this through the Services GUI or you can run the command in admin mode:
> Get-Service -Name ssh-agent | Set-Service -StartupType Manual
Alternatively, you can set it through the GUI if you prefer.
I get the same error in Cygwin. I had to install the openssh package in Cygwin Setup.
(The strange thing was that all ssh-* commands were valid, (bash could execute as program) but the openssh package wasn't installed.)
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