Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts

On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 13:52 john doe wrote: > On 6/4/2022 8:28 PM, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 10:02 Andy Smith wrote: > > ... > > > > You seem to be very reboot-happy. I recommend understanding the > >> impact of the changes you will make instead of assuming you need to > >>

Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts

On 6/4/2022 8:28 PM, Tom Browder wrote: On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 10:02 Andy Smith wrote: ... You seem to be very reboot-happy. I recommend understanding the impact of the changes you will make instead of assuming you need to reboot to make them effective. Andy. I know I'm "reboot happy," but

Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts

On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 10:02 Andy Smith wrote: ... You seem to be very reboot-happy. I recommend understanding the > impact of the changes you will make instead of assuming you need to > reboot to make them effective. Andy. I know I'm "reboot happy," but it's lazyness (no other users at the

Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts

Hello, On Fri, Jun 03, 2022 at 09:43:53AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > 1. Will starting the ssh-agent service interfere with my current ssh login > (using keys with NO passhrase). It only matters at the point of authentication, so existing SSH sessions will not be affected. > 2. Is there

Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts

Hello, On Fri, Jun 03, 2022 at 09:52:26AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > And edit file /etc/ssh/ssh_config to change > > # ForwardAgent no > > to > > ForwardAgent yes > > Then reboot. This is a config file for the ssh client, i.e. the "ssh" command. As such it's read every time you run

Re: How about ssh certificates (was: Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts)

Ahh, thanks Greg, I can now see those missing parts of the article -- it was NoScript, but, seeing most of the graphics in the article, somehow NoScript didn't come to mind as the cause of the problem. On Friday, June 03, 2022 02:29:45 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jun 03, 2022 at

Re: How about ssh certificates (was: Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts)

On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 13:46 wrote: > On Friday, June 03, 2022 02:16:45 PM Tom Browder wrote: > > I briefly looked at the article and didn't notice anything missing. Maybe > > if you could take some screen shots in those areas we could help. > > Thanks for the reply, and thanks, I'll do that. >

Re: How about ssh certificates (was: Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts)

On 6/3/22 08:46, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, June 03, 2022 10:43:53 AM Tom Browder wrote: I have been using ssh for logging in to my remote hosts for many years, but I have NOT been using ssh-agent. I'm intentionally not addressing your specific questions. For me, your post is

Re: How about ssh certificates (was: Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts)

On Fri, Jun 03, 2022 at 01:16:45PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 10:46 wrote: > > > > > > One problem with that article is that it

Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts

On 6/3/22 07:43, Tom Browder wrote: I have been using ssh for logging in to my remote hosts for many years, but I have NOT been using ssh-agent. I have checked all those hosts looking for the env var SSH_AGENT_SOCK which one website says should be defined if the ssh-agent process is running,

Re: How about ssh certificates (was: Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts)

On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 10:46 wrote: > On Friday, June 03, 2022 10:43:53 AM Tom Browder wrote: > > I have been using ssh for logging in to my remote hosts for many years, > but > > I have NOT been using ssh-agent. > > I'm intentionally not addressing your specific questions. > > For me, your post

How about ssh certificates (was: Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts)

On Friday, June 03, 2022 10:43:53 AM Tom Browder wrote: > I have been using ssh for logging in to my remote hosts for many years, but > I have NOT been using ssh-agent. I'm intentionally not addressing your specific questions. For me, your post is rather timely, because I'm digging into ssh and

Re: ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts

On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 09:43 Tom Browder wrote: > I have been using ssh for logging in to my remote hosts for many years, > but I have NOT been using ssh-agent. > ... And edit file /etc/ssh/ssh_config to change # ForwardAgent no to ForwardAgent yes Then reboot. -Tom

ssh-agent: I want to start using on all my remote hosts

I have been using ssh for logging in to my remote hosts for many years, but I have NOT been using ssh-agent. I have checked all those hosts looking for the env var SSH_AGENT_SOCK which one website says should be defined if the ssh-agent process is running, but none have that defined. Now I'm