Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 02:50:56 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@InsightBB.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs... Message-ID: <20050601235056.GA1597@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20050601203839.GH21127@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> References: <200506011449.45455.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> <429E0B57.2070701@scls.lib.wi.us> <20050601203839.GH21127@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
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On 2005-06-01 14:38, Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> wrote: > The poster is correct in that what you probably what to do is setup > public-key authentication using ssh, however, I would highly recommend > that you NOT use a blank passphrase for your private key. ssh-agent, > a utility that I think comes standard with the openssh package [...] My strong agreement about *NOT* using empty passphrases. Indeed, ssh-agent comes with OpenSSH and it is a _MUCH_ better way of using SSH keys with non-empty passphrases.
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