On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 04:16, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > rob@caligula:~$ ssh homer > rob@homer:~$ ssh bart > rob@bart:~$ ssh lisa > rob@lisa:~$ > ============== > > That's what I want to achieve.. > > Yes.. No..?? Or is only DSA supported?? (I have no idea > what's the diff betw RSA and DSA.) I just downloaded the script posted here by Bob Marcan and it really works nicely. On bart, do ssh_user_setup.sh --configure which creates a public/private key pair for bart. Use a passphrase! Then scp .ssh/*SSH*pub lisa:.ssh scp ssh_user_setup.ssh lisa: ssh lisa # you'll have to give your password one last time # on lisa execute the command ssh_user_setup --add Now you can ssh from bart to lisa using your passphrase. If you log out of lisa and, on bart, do eval `ssh-agent` ssh-add and enter your passphrase, you can now ssh from bart to lisa without typing the passphrase again. A couple of other hints. Gnome (at least) starts an ssh-agent for you when you log in, so don't run another one. Just run ssh-add in a terminal window and you're good for the whole Gnome session. Second, if you start ssh-agent manually as above, be sure to kill it again with "ssh-agent -k". -- Stephen Walton <stephen.walton@xxxxxxxx> Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Cal State Northridge
