Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts
Hello,
On Fri, Jun 03, 2022 at 09:43:53AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> 1. Will starting the ssh-agent service interfere with my current ssh login
> (using keys with NO passhrase).
It only matters at the point of authentication, so existing SSH
sessions will not be affected.
> 2. Is there anything to do to start the service other than:
>
> edit file /etc/ssh/sshd_config to uncomment
>
> #AllowAgentForwarding yes
The directive you are proposing to uncomment defaults to "yes", so
you need not make any change.
> reboot
You seem to be very reboot-happy. I recommend understanding the
impact of the changes you will make instead of assuming you need to
reboot to make them effective.
In this case you do not need to make a change to your sshd's config,
but if you *did*, it would only be affecting sshd not anything else
on the system. So you'd only need to restart sshd.
Cheers,
Andy
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