| gabriel rosenkoetter on Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:30:19 +0100 |
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 01:48:38AM -0500, Paul wrote:
> Can ssh-agent handle multiple passwords?
Properly, ssh-agent doesn't handle passwords at all (and not just
because the term of choice is passphrase in this context). ssh-agent
merely unlocks a private key and then hangs around as a continuing
process listening to a named socket so that shells (and other
processes) made aware of the socket's existence can get access to
the private key by way of it.
And, yes, ssh-agent can keep track of multiple keys simultaneously.
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