SSH keys with SSH agent

• 12 November 2025

Windows 11

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "Orcus - [email protected]"
cat C:\Users\User/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
Get-Service ssh-agent | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service ssh-agent
ssh-add $env:USERPROFILE\.ssh\id_ed25519

Kubuntu 25.04

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "New Moon - [email protected]"
mkdir -p ~/.config/environment.d
nvim ~/.config/environment.d/ssh_askpass.conf
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ksshaskpass
SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE=prefer
logout

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