2009/4/26 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > It depends on what you are trying to do. If it is a task that you do > often, then it is worth while. But for tasks like this, that you do > infrequently, it is handy to have a key pair with a good pass > phrase. You use ssh-agent and ssh-add to unlock the key before > running the script, and then use ssh-add -d to lock it again when > you are done. For the interested, there's a great 3 part series on the IBM developerworks site about ssh key management. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-keyc.html which, in particular, discusses the keychain script: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain/ which is available in Fedora with a quick yum install keychain. HTH someone. J. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines