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Or you could use a SSH agent (Pageant, ssh-agent): you enter your key passphrase once when starting the agent, and it handles the key auth on your behalf.
by Piskvorrr 11y ago
Or you could use a SSH agent (Pageant, ssh-agent): you enter your key passphrase once when starting the agent, and it handles the key auth on your behalf.
- e40 11y agoWhy is this getting downvoted? It's clearly the right thing to do.
- NelsonMinar 11y agoHow do I enter the passphrase when the computer behind the firewall reboots?
- Piskvorrr 11y agoAh. Now that's a problem I have no solution for - only the same workaround as you describe (you have taken one more step than I did by having a dedicated host for the SSH connection, instead of just an account - with today's virtualization, this is easier than ever :)).