def request_forward_agent(self, handler):
if self.closed or self.eof_received or self.eof_sent or not self.active:<EOL><INDENT>raise SSHException('<STR_LIT>')<EOL><DEDENT>m = Message()<EOL>m.add_byte(chr(MSG_CHANNEL_REQUEST))<EOL>m.add_int(self.remote_chanid)<EOL>m.add_string('<STR_LIT>')<EOL>m.add_boolean(False)<EOL>self.transport._send_user_message(m)<EOL>self.transport._set_forward_agent_handler(handler)<EOL>return True<EOL>
Request for a forward SSH Agent on this channel.
This is only valid for an ssh-agent from openssh !!!

@param handler: a required handler to use for incoming SSH Agent connections
@type handler: function

@return: if we are ok or not (at that time we always return ok)
@rtype: boolean

@raise: SSHException in case of channel problem.