Re: ssh

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>]

On 2007-03-01 09:28:47 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Right, but with keychain they persist even after you log out.  This is
> nice because then your keys *can* have a passphrase and you can still
> use them for unattended things like cron jobs.  Of course, if the
> machine suts down, you need to log back in and enter the passphrase
> again.

Not requiring passphrases for things like cron jobs (and only these
ones) is nicer, still works if the machine is rebooted and probably
more secure as all the passphrases for generic SSH can be forgotten.

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