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2009/5/12 Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org>: |
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> On Tuesday 12 May 2009, 11:17, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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>> > Does ssh-agent really ask you for a passphrase when starting a |
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>> > shell? |
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>> Not if you don't invoke it :) |
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> Sorry, that is a bit unclear. Ssh-agent will never ask for a password. |
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> It's ssh-add that does (if you run it after the agent), assuming the key |
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> you're adding is password-protected. |
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Ssh-agent most certainly asks for a passphrase (although it may be |
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ssh-add that does the actual asking). As soon as I get to my first |
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login screen (I don't start from a GUI login), and I have logged in, |
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ssh-agent (or ssh-add, whatever) asks me for a passphrase for the DSA |
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key it finds. But it consistently ignores the RSA key. |
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Really, everything is (or at least seems to be) working wonderfully |
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*for DSA*. As you also indicated, it *should* work for both DSA and |
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RSA ... except that on my box it doesn't. :-( |
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