Re: [PLUG] ssh oddity (continued)

["Paul L. Snyder" <plsnyder@drexel.edu>]

Quoting "Paul L. Snyder" <plsnyder@drexel.edu>:

>  It lets you conveniently reuse an established ssh-agent between different
> logons on the same machine, saving retyping of passphrases on machines you
> control.
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain.xml

Er, sorry about the duplication...missed the post where it was
mentioned.  Mea culpa!  As atonement, here are links to several
articles on ssh-agent and keychain, for those who haven't played
with openssh's public-key authentication mechanisms.  It can be
very convenient once you get all the pieces in place.

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-keyc2/
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-keyc3/

pls
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