On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:06 PM, 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'm running currently updated Fedora 10 with Gnome. This is how I do it: Configure the system to boot into runlevel 3. At the CLI type (use backticks): ssh-agent `exec startx' Load the keys --passphrase required only once. Lock the agent --blank spaces count on this password. >From there on, the ssh-agent will be available until you reboot or log out completely. Read the man pages: ssh-add, ssh-agent for more info. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
