sshagent.go

//
// Copyright 2015, Sander van Harmelen
//
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// +build !windows

package sshagent

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"net"
	"os"

	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent"
)

// New returns a new agent.Agent that uses a unix socket
func New() (agent.Agent, net.Conn, error) {
	if !Available() {
		return nil, nil, errors.New("SSH agent requested but SSH_AUTH_SOCK not-specified")
	}

	sshAuthSock := os.Getenv("SSH_AUTH_SOCK")

	conn, err := net.Dial("unix", sshAuthSock)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Error connecting to SSH_AUTH_SOCK: %v", err)
	}

	return agent.NewClient(conn), conn, nil
}

// Available returns true is a auth socket is defined
func Available() bool {
	return os.Getenv("SSH_AUTH_SOCK") != ""
}