From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 23 9:28:39 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D94D37B401 for ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 09:28:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [217.120.160.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03CDC43F3F for ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 09:28:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from lothlorien.nagual.st (dick@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nagual.st (8.12.3/8.12.3/arwen) with ESMTP id h1NHRujY025433; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:27:56 +0100 Received: (from dick@localhost) by lothlorien.nagual.st (8.12.3/8.12.3/local) id h1NHRtsR025431; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:27:55 +0100 From: dick hoogendijk Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:27:55 +0100 To: Matthew Seaman Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: fbsd backup 2 remote Message-ID: <20030223172755.GA25279@lothlorien.nagual.st> References: <20030222145404.GA251@pooh.nagual.st> <20030222160437.GA5430@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <20030222210343.GA18760@nagual.st> <20030222214628.GB7546@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030222214628.GB7546@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 22 Feb Matthew Seaman wrote: > Start up the ssh-agent and load the key into it: > # eval `ssh-agent` > # ssh-add /user/.ssh/id_rsa > When you're done, remember to shut down the ssh-agent: > # eval `ssh-agent -k` Is this kind of a safety measure? Isn't it simpler to activate ssh-agent on login so I can auto use ssh connections. Why is it better to always go through this ruleset? If not, where do I activate it on login? In my (login) .profile or my (shell)rc i.e. .tcsh Secondly: does a user really need a passphrase? Root? Sure! But a normal user? -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.7 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message