misc

ssh-auto-lock.py

For now only supports Windows, sorry!

While left running, detects when your session/screen gets locked, and calls ssh-add -D to clear ssh-agent’s keys.

Download: ssh-auto-lock.py

Source: github.com/kdashg/misc/blob/tip/ssh-auto-lock.py

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I use ssh_config’s AddKeysToAgent yes to automatically ssh-add them back in as-needed.

In the future, it might be cool to use ssh-add -x to lock/unlock the agent until user enters their/a password again. But this is all I need.

Requires:

• python, e.g. winget install python

Use:

In its own terminal/cmd window, run py ssh-auto-lock.py, and leave it running. That’s it. You can use ctrl-c in that window to close it.

License: CC0

As of 2025-03-31: https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/cc0/

Thanks:

• @grawity, for their answer to “Running python script on when user unlocks windows machine”.

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