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Subject: Re: Re: how to make ssh-agent automatically
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On Dec  1 08:34, Morche Matthias wrote:
> You just want to connect from one host to another one. It's totally
> sufficient to set up the key and copy the public part into authorized
> keys on the remote host. I never used ssh-agent nor ssh-add and
> passwordless logins to several hosts and Windows are hourly routine. Why
> do you need them?

Did you ever heard the term "passphrase"?  man ssh-keygen.


Corinna

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