Re: Need help with SSH set-up

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
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Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
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