Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Under my FC4 installs I am asked for the ssh passphrase at login time. This > box, FC6, does not ask me. Instead I am asked when I first open a terminal. > Normally this causes no problem. However, today I had to go out early and > did not open a terminal until a few minutes ago. I find that an rsync across > the network was refused permission - presumably because I had not made > this 'first step'. > > What is the reason for the change in behaviour? What would I have to do if I > wanted to keep the old behaviour? If it's not advisable, why not? As one of your first acts after logging in you can do an "ssh-add" from a terminal window. That way your ssh-agent has a valid key for you and doesn't have to prompt you each time (on a per connection basis). It would be good if someone got pam/gdm working well enough together to store your unix password as a candidate password for ssh keys. That way one could choose the same password for both situations and only have to type a password once. -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/
