[CentOS] ssh-askpass in bash script
Joseph Spenner
joseph85750 at yahoo.com
Sun Mar 2 19:19:53 UTC 2014
On Mar 2, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
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>> Am 02.03.2014 19:16, schrieb Joseph Spenner:
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>>> Why not just use authorized_keys with an empty pass phrase?
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>> Because that is discouraged due to security.
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>> Alexander
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But having a script which automatically connects without the 'big ugly password' isn't a security risk?
I don't follow.
Also, you could further secure the authorized_keys file by only permitting the key to be used from a certain location, if you don't trust the security of your own private key.
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