Accessing Computer
Lowell Gilbert
freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Fri Jan 8 15:13:55 UTC 2010
Carmel <carmel_ny at hotmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:58:23 +0100 Pieter de Goeje <pieter at 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.
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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
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