configuring ssh-agent to automate passphrase for the key

From: Javed (kjaved_at_ncs.com.sg)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: 26 Dec 2004 18:35:24 -0800

Hi,

We are using OpenSSH to secure our Oracle connection. On the client
system we have generated the id_dsa and appended the public key for the
same to the authorized_key file on the remote systems $HOME/.ssh
directory.

during iniating the connection we are prompted for the passphrase of
the key. The passphrase is a must for our requirement. The connection
is established once the corrcet passphrase is entered.
Our requirement is to automate the entry of passphrase, means there
shouldn't be any human intervention.

I went through some suggestions on net, which suggest to use ss-agent
and ssh-add and configure some environment variables. As I am new to
this technology,can any one please guide me with step-by-step
instructions to configure ssh-agent and the others to achive my goal.We
are NOT using any xsession.

Regards,
Javed

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