Re: CVS + SSH under Unix and automatically use private keys

[Paul Michali]

Matt McClure wrote:
> 
> On Tue Oct 09 2001, 13:31, Paul Michali <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > However, when I run cvs (command line) from a Unix client, with
> > CVS_RSH set to SSH, it prompts me for my passphrase. Is there a way to
> > get around this so that it just uses the private key and continues
> > without prompting?
> 
> This is really a question about ssh rather than cvs.  Can you ssh from
> your machine to the server without using a password?

A while back, I was able to ssh to another system on our net and it
would
only ask for my password. Now, it asks for the passphrase. I have
recently
created a key pair as part of the setup for WinCVS.

It looks like I'll need to read up on the SSH docs to understand the
ways to set this up.

Ideally, I want the security of not sending passwords in clear text,
like
rsh does I guess, and I don't want to have to type in my pass phrase for
each and every CVS command as it is a pain.

David Hoover wrote:
> Or better yet, use ssh-agent.

I'll check into that, it looks like it might be what I want to do.

Thanks for the responses, I think I know where I need to look (and
what I need to learn more about).


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