5 May
2006
5 May
'06
3:13 p.m.
Hi,
On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 04:15:44PM +0200, Brent Frere wrote:
When you generated the key (id_rsa), you've been
prompted for a
passphrase, in order to avoid anybody discovering the file to gain
access as you would.
Now, you need to type in the passphrase to 'unlock' the key each time
you wish to use it. But you don't need anymore to enter a password to
gain access to the remote host.
If you don't want to have to enter such a passphrase, just avoid
entering any passphrase when generating the key.
... which of course is less than optimal from a security point
of view. If you managed a number of servers this way, it would
be sufficient for a cracker to get access to your single machine,
and he could play with all those servers.
Thus, depending on your needs, have a look at ssh-agent.
Greetings, Eric