On 07/27/2014 06:45 AM, peter green wrote: >> >> ssh-cron acts like cron, but is provided with ssh passphrases allowing >> its commands to access remote systems without requiring a passphrase >> to be stored in a clear-text file or resorting to ssh keys without >> passphrases. >> > How is it provided with them? is the user required to enter them on > startup? are they stored somewhere? if the latter how is it more secure > than using a key without a passphrase? Hi Peter, The passphrases are managed via ssh-agent, which will employ ssh-askpass to collect the necessary passphrase(s) at startup. You can get an overview of the sequence via the manpage: http://sshcron.sourceforge.net/ssh-cron.1.html Cheers, tony
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