[CentOS] ssh-agent fails to hold values

bluethundr bluethundr at gmail.com
Sun Nov 28 22:16:44 UTC 2010


That DID it!!! thanks and I agree.. god? root? what's the difference!! :)

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Ron Loftin <reloftin at twcny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 16:35 -0500, bluethundr wrote:
>> Hello list
>>
>> I am attempting to manage my key logins with ssh-agent. However EVERY
>> time I try to ssh I have to go through the same exact routing and it's
>> getting a little old...
>>
>> [bluethundr at LCENT01:~]#ssh sum3
>> Enter passphrase for key '/home/bluethundr/.ssh/id_rsa':
>>
>> [bluethundr at LCENT01:~]#exec ssh-agent bash
>> [bluethundr at LCENT01:~]#ssh-add
>> Enter passphrase for /home/bluethundr/.ssh/id_rsa:
>> Identity added: /home/bluethundr/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/bluethundr/.ssh/id_rsa)
>> [bluethundr at LCENT01:~]#ssh sum3
>> Last login: Sun Nov 28 14:32:34 2010 from localhost.localdomain
>> #########################################################
>> #               SUMMITNJHOME.COM                        #
>> #               TITLE:       LCENT03 BOX                #
>> #               LOCATION:    SUMMIT BASEMENT            #
>> #                                                       #
>> #########################################################
>> [bluethundr at LCENT03:~]#
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions to make ssh-agent hold these values a
>> bit more persistently?
>
> I'm not sure if this will help, but I use the "keychain" package from
> RPMForge, and it takes most of the pain out of dealing with SSH keys.
>
>>
>> thanks!!
>>
>>
>>
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>
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