Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:13:52 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Accessing Computer Message-ID: <44ljg8y6hb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP808A12E3EF9AAFC0BD755893700@phx.gbl> (Carmel's message of "Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:40:01 -0500") References: <BLU0-SMTP659DC317869C12ACBF24DA93700@phx.gbl> <201001081458.23050.pieter@service2media.com> <BLU0-SMTP808A12E3EF9AAFC0BD755893700@phx.gbl>
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Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> writes: > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:58:23 +0100 Pieter de Goeje <pieter@service2media.com> articulated: > >> You might want to take a look at ssh-agent. I think PuTTY has an equivalent. >> It lets you do remote logins without putting your key(s) everywhere. I've not >> yet tried this myself, but I plan on testing it sometime. > > I use agent. All that agent does is cache your password so you do not > have to re-enter it each time you make a connection. The agent can be forwarded with the connection. In your case, it would remove the need for a second key on the second machine. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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