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!! >> >> >> > -- > Ron Loftin reloftin at twcny.rr.com > > "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Here's my RSA Public key: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys B6D6EAC3