On 03Mar2009 01:06, Robert Nichols <rnicholsNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > After I've used ssh on a connection with RSA authorization and given > my keyring's passphrase to gnome-ssh-askpass, that keyring is now > unlocked and future connections can be made without the passphrase. > Is there a way, short of logging out and back in, to make the > passphrase required again for a connection? I'd rather not have to > uninstall or disable openssh-askpass since it's nice not to have > to supply a lengthy passphrase repeatedly when needed in a short > period, but I really don't like leaving that key open indefinitely. > > In searching for info I keep getting references to ssh-agent being > responsible for remembering the key, but I find that ssh-agent is > never executed on my system. I wonder how you find that, since it _is_ ssh-agent which provides this service. What specific checks have you made? Go: env | grep '^SSH' Is there an SSH_AUTH_SOCK? Find the ssh and kill it. Or modify your envionment sufficiently to gain control over the ssh-agent (or simply start your own). By using the -t option to ssh-agent when you start it you can control how long an added key starts "good". You can also add a key with ssh-add and specify a timeout then. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Piracy gets easier every day, but listening to legally purchased music gets harder by the day. Firehed - http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=179175&cid=14846089 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines