Bypass getting prompted for private ssh key

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#1

I successfully created a remote sftp storage.

I use an ssh key without a passphrase to connect with no issue.

However when running the backup command I get prompted for the following:

Enter the path of the private key file:

I do NOT have to enter the path. I simply just have to hit enter and the backup works fine.

How can I stop getting prompted for this since it doesn’t use it and I can simply hit enter to bypass it.

I need to use a bash script so I don’t want to have to hit enter to bypass this.

#2

So you’re using an ssh agent instead of specifying the private key file explicitly…

In that case, you can set the environment variable DUPLICACY_SSH_KEY_FILE to an arbitrary non-empty value. Duplicacy will always try connecting via the agent first even if a private key file is specified.

If this doesn’t work, add the -d option (duplicacy -d backup) to enable more log messages.

#3

My apologies for asking a dumb question, but can you give me an example of how/where to configure/set this?

Thanks!

#4

For example, enter this in the terminal (assuming this is macOS/linux) before running the backup command:

export DUPLICACY_SSH_KEY_FILE=none