On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 10:48:43PM +0100, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > On: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 10:52:33 -0500 AJ writes:
> > password in the opening command.. is there a way to edit ssh so that
> > u can type something like:
> >
> > ssh -l login -p password host.com
> > ?
> > or is there a way to specify the password for this host so it doesnt
> > ask you?
>
> Use ssh-keygen with an empty password[1] and follow the instruction in
> ssh(1):
>
> [exerpt from ssh-manpage deleted]
>
> I just tried it and it works in the way you probably want.
*ARG* You should not do this and you don't need to. You can use ssh-agent in
your .xsession-Script to get your passphrase and authenticate yourself for
this session. Just do
eval `ssh-agent`
ssh-add # this will open a window to ask you for your passphrase
/usr/bin/wmaker # for example
eval `ssh-agent -k` # kill the ssh-agent
> Footnotes:
> [1] The use of empty passphrases is strongly discouraged in
> ssh-agent(1).
Exactly :)
cu
Torsten
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