[olug] basic SSH help

[David Walker]

For machine type logins I use an empty passphrase.

For user account logins I use the keychain script which makes everything 
fairly easy.  I enter my passphrase once for the whole session.

On Wednesday 19 March 2003 09:44 am, Quinn Coldiron wrote:
> Hmm...  Even with ssh-agent running I'm prompted for a passphrase.  I
> can be on the laptop, and ssh to myself on the laptop and that even
> prompts for the passphrase.
>
> On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 09:32, thehaas at binary.net wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> >
> >
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