Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 18:14:17 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Richard J Kuhns <rjk@grauel.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: YA ssh question (ssh-askpass?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003071812001.99791-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <14533.29753.499155.780744@localhost.grauel.com>
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Richard J Kuhns wrote:
> So does all this mean that I now have to start using ssh-add/ssh-agent?
Not at all; it's there as an option for people who have
"secure" workstations and/or want single-signon for SSH. I often use
ssh-agent if I have lots of remote CVS commits to do consecutively,
e.g. do 'ssh-agent tcsh' and then ssh-add in the subshell, and exit when
I'm done.
ssh-add will also only invoke ssh-askpass if invoked with no controlling
terminal, e.g. ssh-add < /dev/null or if called during the X login
process. Otherwise it uses the good old (internal) text prompt.
Kris
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