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Date:      Wed, 9 Jan 2002 16:06:33 -0500
From:      NDPTAL85 <ndptal85@softhome.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SSH and MacOS X
Message-ID:  <C2D8A95E-0544-11D6-BD88-000502835685@softhome.net>
In-Reply-To: <200201091927.g09JRW000953@card.ngfl.gov.uk>

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On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 02:27  PM, David Dooley wrote:

> 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.


On second thought maybe the X-Unix list at lists.themacintoshguy.com 
would be a better start since the Darwin guys get annoyed with purely 
Mac OS X questions.





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