On 07/27/2014 06:45 AM, peter green wrote:
>>
>>  ssh-cron acts like cron, but is provided with ssh passphrases allowing
>>  its commands to access remote systems without requiring a passphrase
>>  to be stored in a clear-text file or resorting to ssh keys without
>>  passphrases.
>>   
> How is it provided with them? is the user required to enter them on
> startup? are they stored somewhere? if the latter how is it more secure
> than using a key without a passphrase?

Hi Peter,

The passphrases are managed via ssh-agent, which will employ ssh-askpass
to collect the necessary passphrase(s) at startup.  You can get an
overview of the sequence via the manpage:

   http://sshcron.sourceforge.net/ssh-cron.1.html

Cheers,
tony



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