On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 08:55 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm in the process of converting from nfs to sshfs on my home-grown > file-server/backup-server computer. This computer does not run Xwindows > or any other graphical manager. I control it mostly by logging into it > using ssh. But when I log in this way, it appears that ssh-agent is > not started, and consequently, I cannot use ssh-add on it. I can, of > course, use ssh-add on my desktop computer, but that is not where the > private key for the backup server is stored. Has anyone confronted > this situation and worked out a solution? Advice?
Do you actually want to start a new agent on the machine you're sshing to? Or can you just forward your existing agent when you connect (ssh -A), then run ssh-add on the remote machine (the one with the private key on it)? Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
