public key authentication

[Igor Gueths]

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Adam, thanks for the trick. I may in fact implement that, however I am so used to typing long paswords now that its almost second nature. 
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 07:43:10PM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote:
> You can still use pass phrases without it being as inconvenient like this.
> Assuming you've got public key authentication set up correctly on all
> hosts, do the following on the host with the private key.  That is, this
> must be done on the host that you will be using to connect to other hosts
> which only have the public key.  Put this line in your .profile or
> .bash_profile, or .bash_login file.
> 
> eval `ssh-agent` > /dev/null
> 
> Then, put this line in your .bash_logout file.
> 
> eval `ssh-agent -k` > /dev/null
> 
> Use the equivalent files if you use a shell besides Bash.  Now, with those
> lines in place, log out and back in.  Assuming all goes well, you can now
> type "ssh-add" and be prompted for your pass phrases.  After typing them
> in once, any future SSH sessions to hosts which have your public key will
> not require you to type your pass phrase.  This is a good compromise
> between the lack of security of no pass phrase (especially if you let root
> log in via SSH,) and the annoyance of constantly typing possibly long pass
> phrases.
> 
> 
> 
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