On Tuesday 12 May 2009, 11:17, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > > Does ssh-agent really ask you for a passphrase when starting a > > shell? > > Not if you don't invoke it :)
Sorry, that is a bit unclear. Ssh-agent will never ask for a password. It's ssh-add that does (if you run it after the agent), assuming the key you're adding is password-protected.
