Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:30:50 -0500 From: Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> To: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Accessing Computer Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP61F6897280D4F6B765667493700@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <44ljg8y6hb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <BLU0-SMTP808A12E3EF9AAFC0BD755893700@phx.gbl> <44ljg8y6hb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:13:52 -0500 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> articulated: > 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. I was not aware of that. I will have to read up on how to accomplish it. Thanks! -- Carmel carmel_ny@hotmail.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?BLU0-SMTP61F6897280D4F6B765667493700>