Adding to what Paul said, you should also be able to run ’ssh-add -l’ on the destination host and see the same key. If not, you aren’t successfully forwarding the agent. You may wish to try things manually, with a ssh -A ${host}, alternatively, you could add ' ForwardAgent yes’ to your .ssh/config under a host stanza (perhaps the ‘Host *’). This would cause the agent information to be automagically forwarded even if you don’t use the -A option.
> On Jul 19, 2019, at 5:03 PM, Paul Heinlein <heinl...@madboa.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> As I transition from the old server/workstation I frequently copy files and >> directories using scp. Each time I need to enter my pass phrase and I >> thought that ssh-agent eliminated that need. Apparently not. Since all >> transfers are in the LAN and not exposed to the outside world, which tool >> allows internal scp and ssh transfers without entering the pass phrase each >> time? I no longer remember what it is and missed finding it looking at ssh >> web pages. > > Your local ssh-agent should do the trick. Going out on a limb, I'm going to > suggest that the fix should be easy. > > I'll assume you have two systems, source and destination. Those designations > refer to ssh ops, not file ops. That is, the source system is where you run > scp (regardless of whether you're copying files to or from that system). > > On source, run > > ssh-add -l > > You should see a list of one or more keys loaded into the agent, e.g., > > [heinlein@ORPB095 ~]$ ssh-add -l > 2048 SHA256:FI8x908kRGmuA4jh4DowO2iSoNot9pAkeyqGamRt6gRgMk0 > /Users/heinlein/.ssh/id_rsa (RSA) > > If you don't see a key listed, run > > ssh-add > > The public version of the key you added (typically, but not always, located > in ~/ssh/id_rsa.pub) should be present in the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on > the destination host. > > I suggest running "chmod -R go-rwx ~/.ssh" on both hosts to ensure the strict > file permissions SSH demands. > > -- > Paul Heinlein > heinl...@madboa.com > 45°38' N, 122°6' W_______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Louis Kowolowski lou...@cryptomonkeys.org <mailto:lou...@cryptomonkeys.org> Cryptomonkeys: http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/ <http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/> Making life more interesting for people since 1977 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug