| 150 | | Depending on which type of OS You are using, there are ways to make the management of ssh keys and pathphrases simpler. |
| 151 | | * '''Mac OS''' comes build in with a program called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keychain_(Mac_OS) Keychain] that is a program for managing identities, passwords, etc. The first time that you use your private key to login to a machine, a keychain window will pop-up offering to store your passphrase, if you want to avoid the hustle of typing in your passphrase every time you want to login you should click on that option. |
| 152 | | * |
| | 150 | Depending on which type of OS You are using, there are ways to make the management of ssh keys and pathphrases simpler. In most linux systems there is a program called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh-agent ssh-agent] that runs automatically when you login and can help you manage your ssh keys so that you don't have to type your passphrase every time you login. |
| | 151 | * '''Mac OS''': If you are on OSX Leopard or later, ssh-agent runs automatically for you. It will also integrate with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keychain_(Mac_OS) Keychain] that is a program for managing identities, passwords, etc. The first time that you use your private key to login to a machine, a keychain window will pop-up offering to store your passphrase, if you want to avoid the hustle of typing in your passphrase every time you want to login you should click on that option. |
| | 152 | * '''Linux systems''': In most other Linux systems `ssh-agent` should be automatically started for you. If you want to test whether `ssh-agent` runs for you try typing on a terminal: `ssh-add`. If it is running then you can execute the following command: |
| | 153 | {{{ |
| | 154 | ssh-add <private_key_filename> |
| | 155 | }}} |
| | 156 | It will ask you for the passphrase once but it won't ask you every time you try to use the key. If the `ssh-agent` is not running you can take a look at [http://mah.everybody.org/docs/ssh these instructions] for how to automatically run it when you login. |
