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Subject: Re: Using ssh on Multiple Machines
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   From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
   Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:15:52 -0400 (EDT)

   So, I have taken the 'identity.pub' file, put it on a floppy (or
   whatever), and then just do something like 'cat identity.pub >
   .ssh/authorized_keys' on a separate machine. Now, above it says,
   'after this, the user can log in  without  giving  the  password,' but
   each time I invoke ssh between these machines I have to enter my
   passphrase. Why that happens (and whether it should happene at all) is
   not clear to me from the manpage. Since that is a heck of a lot more
   work to enter a passprhase than the remote user's password (or more
   often I make a typo in the passphrase), I often use the password for
   the user instead. Is there a difference? Why would I chose one over
   the other? Those are the kinds of things I have trouble with in the
   ssh manpages.

As *I* said the first time, use the ssh-agent.  Read its manpage.  
As the *ssh manpage* says, ssh-agent makes ssh logins much more
convenient.  Really.  No kidding.


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