Re: how to invoke SSH-ADD to read passphrase from a file

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 12/27/04

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    Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:39:08 +0100

    In comp.security.ssh Javed <kjaved@ncs.com.sg>:
    > Hi Richard,

    > Can you please suggest how should i go for it?
    > Our requirement is such that, we want to use public key based
    > authantication and that too it should contain the passpharase.
    > The problem that i am facing is to automate the whole process.
    > As i cant write a script where i can pass the password as one of the
    > parameter to SSH therefore i went through the process of using
    [..]

    Hi Javed!

    You perhaps didn't understood what Richard meant? There's no
    point in having a pass-phrase on a key if you are storing the
    pass-phrase on the system in a text file, it's exactly the same as
    if you are using a key without pass-phrase.

    If you want to use a passport's but have problems getting
    things working, so you only need to enter the passports after a
    reboot, check out keychain which eases things up:

    http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain/index.xml 

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