On 0, David Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am starting the xsession as part of the ssh-agent. When do I use ssh-add?
> > Which key, identity or identity.pub should I use on the SSH client (in this case
>NT)?
>
> Ah, if the *SSH client* is NT you need to run the ssh-agent *on the NT box*.
> If, on the other hand, you are using the NT box as "just" an X terminal to
> another box which is running SSH, then the ssh-agent needs to run on that
> other box. This last message implies you are running the ssh-agent on a box
> which uses an xsession file - which would imply a multi-user system and not
> NT (unless you have an NT server supporting X terminals). So can you
> be more explicit about what's running where?
>
> Anyway, in general, *after* ssh-agent in running, ssh-add can be run to
> "load" a private key into the agent. Since it's a private key, it's
> in the "identity" file - which is the default file for ssh-add to use.
> The ssh-add command will prompt you for the passphrase and will then
> send the *unencrypted* private key to the agent. The agent will then
> use it when required to annswer challanges from remote servers to which
> you are connecting using SSH.
>
I am a bit confused. If ssh-agent, ssh-add and ssh-keygen are client side
apps, why are the binaries generated on Linux? Why does the ssh-agent man
page suggest that ssh-agent be started during the Xsession?
The couple of SSH client's, I have found for NT and 95 are TeraTermPro and Putty.
None of the packages have the binaries ssh-agent, ssh-keygen and ssh-add.
Subba Rao
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