[olug] basic SSH help

[Quinn Coldiron]

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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Quinn P. Coldiron
Cerner Technical Coordinator
Nebraska Methodist Hospital
402-354-1619
qcoldir at nmhs.org