Re: SSH keys

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

Robert Threet said:
> I am trying to automate SSH so I won't have to use the
> password to log in.  When I type ssh-agent followed by
> ssh-add it complains "Failed to connect to
> authentication agent - agent not running?" even though
> the agent *IS* running.  It's something silly - I know.

You have to specify the command to run under ssh-agent as an argument
to ssh-agent.

I usually use one of the following.  Either this bash alias:

    alias ssh-auth="exec ssh-agent sh -c 'ssh-add && exec bash -login'"

or something like this in ~/.Xclients (or .xinitrc, or whatever):

    exec ssh-agent sh -c 'ssh-add < /dev/null && exec wmaker'

Does that help?

Steve
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