On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 12:44:54AM -0800, Rudi Cilibrasi wrote: > Dear Ratiu, > > I am not sure I understand your situation, but maybe this can help? > > When creating an ssh-key using ssh-keygen, it prompts you for a > passphrase. It isn't so obvious, but you can simply hit return at that > point to have "no passphrase". This means that the resulting key > is unencrypted on your hard drive, so you have to rely > on unix (chmod) permissions to protect it from being > copied by unauthorized people. As long as you just press enter when > asked for a passphrase from ssh-keygen, this will ensure that using > that key with ssh-agent and ssh-add will not prompt you for > a passphrase. This is one way to use ssh-agent with a script > noninteractively. Just eval `ssh-agent`, ssh-add the unencrypted key, > then do the ssh commands all without a passphrase prompt.
Errr, minor point here... but if you haven't got a passphrase on the ssh key, then there is no reason to use ssh-agent or ssh-add, they're non-ops for passphraseless keys. Thanks, -- Brett Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
