Uncaught Error: Encrypted private key detected, but no passphrase given

[Enter steps to reproduce below:]

1. Providing host, user, remote(dir?) and path to agent (/usr/bin/ssh-agent),and path to private key
2. Click on Connect.

As I have configured the ssh-agent, it really does not make sense that I have to provide a passphrase for the agent here, as the agent is active and has been logged in with a passphrase. I really should not provide an unencoded passphrase in the config file.

Atom Version: 1.0.2 System: Mac OS X 10.10.3 Thrown From: Remote-FTP package, v0.7.1

Stack Trace

Uncaught Error: Encrypted private key detected, but no passphrase given

At /Users/klay6683/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/node_modules/ssh2/lib/client.js:152

Error: Encrypted private key detected, but no passphrase given
  at Client.connect (/Users/klay6683/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/node_modules/ssh2/lib/client.js:152:15)
  at ConnectorSFTP.module.exports.ConnectorSFTP.connect (/Users/klay6683/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/lib/connectors/sftp.js:78:13)
  at Client.module.exports.Client.connect (/Users/klay6683/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/lib/client.js:198:18)
  at Client.<anonymous> (/Users/klay6683/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/lib/views/tree-view.js:178:28)
  at /Users/klay6683/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/lib/client.js:87:14
  at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:379:3)

Commands

     -7:26.4.0 core:move-down (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
  3x -7:26.2.0 core:move-right (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -7:24.6.0 core:backspace (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -7:18.9.0 core:move-down (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -7:18.2.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -7:08.4.0 remote-ftp:connect (ol.tree-view.full-menu.list-tree.has-collapsable-children.focusable-panel)
     -2:41.1.0 core:move-right (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
  2x -2:39.5.0 core:backspace (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -2:34.9.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -1:48.8.0 core:backspace (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -1:45.2.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -1:19.5.0 core:backspace (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -1:13.1.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
  9x -0:27.6.0 core:backspace (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -0:25.8.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
  6x -0:09.9.0 core:backspace (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)

Config

{
  "core": {}
}

Installed Packages

# User
Remote-FTP, v0.7.1
atom-beautify, v0.28.7
autocomplete-python, v0.5.1
color-picker, v2.0.10
git-diff-details, v0.18.0
git-log, v0.4.1
language-gitignore, v0.2.0
linter-flake8, v1.5.0
minimap, v4.11.2
minimap-git-diff, v4.1.7
my-github-profile, v0.2.1
project-manager, v1.15.11
remote-atom, v1.2.6
tab-numbers, v0.2.0
travis-ci-status, v0.16.0
tree-view-git-modified, v0.5.10
tree-view-git-status, v0.1.1

# Dev
No dev packages

[adamfranco]

Ok, so poking at this a bit more, it seems that @jpxd 's comment about the empty path for the privatekey option and the "agent": "env" tip #99 together allow the OSX ssh-agent to work. I’ve now gotten remote-ftp connecting to a remote host reliably using my encrypted private key and ssh-agent preventing the need for me to enter my password every single save with the following .ftpconfig:

{
    "protocol": "sftp",
    "host": "hostname.domain.edu",
    "port": 22,
    "user": "username",
    "pass": "",
    "promptForPass": false,
    "remote": "/home/username/path/to/project",
    "agent": "env",
    "privatekey": "",
    "passphrase": "",
    "hosthash": "",
    "ignorehost": true,
    "connTimeout": 10000,
    "keepalive": 10000,
    "keyboardInteractive": false
}

The one outstanding issue I’ve had with this configuration is that remote-ftp fails with the following message rather than prompting for my ssh-key pass-phrase if the key is new or I haven’t stored the ssh-key’s passphrase in the OSX Keychain: The solution to this is easy: Open a terminal and run ssh hostname.domain.edu to have the terminal prompt for the pass-phrase and add the key to the running ssh-agent, but having Atom initiate the prompt would be more clear.

[kr4ut]

For reference to open source lovers the workaround from @adamfranco also works on GNU/Linux 👍 Just tested it with Ubuntu 18.04 for evaluating Atom and the ssh-agent integration works with the graphical GNOME popup on first unlock of the private key. But it seems not to work with referencing the host entries from ~/.ssh/config and unfortunately only with configuring it fully like this:

{
    "protocol": "sftp",
    "host": "******",
    "port": 22,
    "user": "******",
    "pass": "",
    "promptForPass": false,
    "remote": "/home/******",
    "agent": "env",
    "privatekey": "",
    "passphrase": "",
    "hosthash": "",
    "ignorehost": true,
    "connTimeout": 10000,
    "keepalive": 10000,
    "keyboardInteractive": false
}

But this is still just a workaround and probably won’t work when using multiple private keys (neither via ~/.ssh/config nor .ftpconfig)!