On Thu, 02 Jan 2003, Jonathan D. Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... : On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 02:02:31PM -0800, Ryan Lovett wrote: : : :Or 'exec ssh-agent bash' to get rid of the usually useless parent shell. : : Or if you want to be cool like me automate teh whole thing in your : .profile :)
Package: keychain Description: An OpenSSH key manager Keychain is an OpenSSH key manager, typically run from ~/.bash_profile. When run, it will make sure ssh-agent is running; if not, it will start ssh-agent. It will redirect ssh-agent's output to ~/.ssh-agent, so that cron jobs that need to use ssh-agent keys can simply source this file and make the necessary passwordless ssh connections. In addition, when keychain runs, it will check with ssh-agent and make sure that the ssh RSA/DSA keys that you specified on the keychain command line have actually been added to ssh-agent. If not, you are prompted for the appropriate passphrases so that they can be added by keychain. I've found this package to be quite useful for this. -- Matt Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
