Re: ssh with password

[Torsten Hilbrich <Torsten.Hilbrich@gmx.net>]

Torsten Landschoff <t.landschoff@gmx.net> writes:

[Using an empty passphrase]

> *ARG* You should not do this and you don't need to. You can use
> ssh-agent in your .xsession-Script to get your passphrase and
> authenticate yourself for this session. Just do
> 
> eval `ssh-agent`
> ssh-add             # this will open a window to ask you for your passphrase
> /usr/bin/wmaker     # for example
> eval `ssh-agent -k` # kill the ssh-agent
> 
> > Footnotes: 
> > [1]  The use of empty passphrases is strongly discouraged in
> >      ssh-agent(1).
> 
> Exactly :)

Thanks for making this clear, I will give it a try.

	Torsten

BTW: I would like the above example to be in the ssh-agent manual page
or at least as an example .xinitrc or .xsession file in /usr/doc/ssh.

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