Re: Howto about: Setting up ssh so it doesn't ask you for a password.
Hi,
Holger Wansing <linux@wansing-online.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had problems with setting up ssh, so that it uses ssh-agent.
> I followed https://www.debian.org/devel/passwordlessssh but I failed.
> The problem was, I simply used "ssh-add" as in the example at the bottom.
> But my ssh key is ~/.ssh/id_alioth, and that way ssh-add without any
> arguments does not find it. Why I named my key file like this? I followed
> an howto somewhere here on d.o or on Alioth, I don't remember exactly.
> Because of this, there is chance that more people stumble over this like me.
>
> So I suggest this change:
>
> - ssh-add
> + ssh-add <filename of ssh key>
>
>
> Comments?
If noone objects, I will commit this shortly.
Holger
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