Split ssh configuration fails in 4.3

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Hi @leni1, There was a short time frame that this has worked on some RC version of 4.3. However, later on it stopped working due to some reason unknown t me, and therefore I have switched to using KeepAssXC on my vault machine.
That worked and I did not go back. The part of the guide on KeepAssXC is here:

Split SSH

Split SSH implements a concept similar to having a smart card with your private SSH keys, except that the role of the “smart card” is played by another Qubes AppVM. This Qubes setup allows you to keep your SSH private keys in a vault VM (vault) while using an SSH Client VM (ssh-client) to access your remote server. This is done by using Qubes’s qrexec framework to connect a local SSH Agent socket from your SSH Client VM to the SSH Agent socket within the vault VM. This way the compromise of the …

This offers a good experience as well. You just need to unlock the KeepAssXC upon boot.

The original idea was to disable the attempt to run the gui pinentry component IIRC. But it stopped working during the lifetime of the RCs.