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Date:      Wed, 09 Jan 2002 19:27:32 +0000
From:      David Dooley <dpd@ngfl.gov.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   SSH and MacOS X
Message-ID:  <200201091927.g09JRW000953@card.ngfl.gov.uk>

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Hi,

Apologies for asking this question here, but I don't know any Mac 
resources and I figured that there would be some body here who might 
know the answer seeing as MacOS is built over a version of FreeBSD.
 
I have a boss that wants to use a MacOS X box as his workstation. 

All our servers have been configured to allow connections via ssh V2 
with DSA only key exchange.

Now we can run the "ssh-agent tch" in a window and then run the 
"ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsa" to load the key and hey presto it all works 
and from that window he can ssh to his hearts content.

On all my other Solaris and FreeBSD workstations it has been possible 
to configure the windows manager so that it runs the "ssh-agent -s" 
after the user enters his login and passwd and  before loading the 
window manager and then run the ssh-add/ssh-askpass as a final part 
of the login to allow the user to load their key.

I am sure that is all eminently possible under MacOS X, but I can 
find no details on how to do it while searching the web.

I would be most appreciative for any pointers as to files to edit.

Thanks for your time and again apologies for asking this question in 
a FreeBSD list.

David

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David Dooley
Unix Administrator - NGFL Internet Services
BECTa
Millburn Hill Road
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Email: david_dooley@becta.org.uk dpd@ngfl.gov.uk

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