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using_an_ssh_agent_to_avoid_typing_your_password [2021/03/18 05:44] – [Using an SSH agent to avoid typing your password] hc9using_an_ssh_agent_to_avoid_typing_your_password [2021/03/21 00:33] – [At the shell] hc9
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 ====== Using an SSH agent to avoid typing your password ====== ====== Using an SSH agent to avoid typing your password ======
  
-**Do not use this tutorial until you [[using_ssh_for_connections_transfer_to_from_sdf#ssh_public_key_authentication|make a unix account accessible via public key authentication following this tutorial]].**+:!: **Do not use this tutorial until you [[using_ssh_for_connections_transfer_to_from_sdf#ssh_public_key_authentication|make a unix account accessible via public key authentication following this tutorial]].**
  
 Not only is typing your passphrase once convenient, you can [[http://xkcd.com/936/|make your password very complicated and only ever type an easy to remember passphrase to access all your accounts]]. Not only is typing your passphrase once convenient, you can [[http://xkcd.com/936/|make your password very complicated and only ever type an easy to remember passphrase to access all your accounts]].
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-(you can replace ''/bin/ksh'' by your favorite shell). Any command issued from then on that uses "sshto interact with a server that hosts your public key (e.g. ''ssh, sshfs, rsync'') will not require a password e.g.+(you can replace ''/bin/ksh'' by your favorite shell). Any command issued from then on that uses ''ssh'' to interact with a server that hosts your public key (e.g. ''ssh, sshfs, rsync'') will not require a password e.g.
  
 <file config example> <file config example>
using_an_ssh_agent_to_avoid_typing_your_password.txt · Last modified: 2021/03/21 00:33 by hc9