On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 11:47:06PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm setting up SSH to replace telnet for use on my LAN. I've gotten Welcome to the 20th century :-) > basic functionality working but I'm struggling with ssh-agent and > ssh-add. Where should I put them? Or have invocation of them already > been planted in boot-up scripts somewhere awaiting my flipping a few > config switches? > > I'm running Etch with tasksel configured desktop environment. My > style of working doesn't use GUI much, but I have _many_ > gnome-terminal windows open, and I want ssh links to several computers > on my screen. From reading a few advise web sites I get the impression > that I could reduce typing of passphrase by using ssh-agent and > ssh-add, but I can't figure out how. > > And then it might be that these programs actually serve an entirely > different purpose than I believe. > I use the keychain package to let me handle adding my ssh keys and my gpg keys when I log in. It will handle both from either a text console or a GUI. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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