[olug] basic SSH help

[thehaas at binary.net]

> I just downloaded and compiled openssh 3.5p1 on my Linux laptop and one
> of my AIX boxes.  I have generated the public/private keys put the
> public keys in the authorized_keys file on each box and I can ssh to
> each just fine, but I get prompted for the passphrase.  How do I get it
> so I'm not prompted for the passphrase?

You have to run ssh-agent to "broadcast" the keys.  It's kind of a pain --
I use keychain (which I run in my .bashrc), which does a good job of
managing it:

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain.xml

-- mikeh