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...invocation of ssh(1) is annoying. I know I could invoke ssh-add(1) just before invoking ssh(1), if I keep track of whether I invoked it already, or write some hacky scripts; but the rest of OpenSSH is wonderfully usable without any hacks. Hence, this patch. I'll just quote ssh_config(5): AddKeyToAgent If this option is set to ``yes'' and ssh-agent(1) is running, any keys unlocked with a password will be added to the agent (with the default lifetime). Setting this to ``ask'' will cause ssh to require confirmation using the SSH_ASKPASS program before the...

...9;t have any good ideas that seem clean enough to not be highly annoying (or have untenable requirements like "there must be an X display that ssh can talk to, to pop the request up in"), but strong enough not to be faked out. ...If that were sufficiently addressed, then this downside to AddKeyToAgent would go away too. Thanks, -- Hank Leininger <hlein at korelogic.com> BE5D FCCA 673B D18B 98A9 3175 896E 3D4A 1B4D C5AC -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 443 bytes Desc: not available...