Thanks for your response(s). I don't want to use a key without a pass phrase so that if the laptop gets stolen they don't have my server too.
What I have settled on is a script for each key that I am using that runs keychain. > And kterm, tho a kde application does directly call and use bash, so no > you > cant use the kwallet to feed it the username and password. your best bet > is to > use public/private key pairs. > > http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/06/perform-ssh-and-scp-without-entering-password-on-openssh/ > > http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/11/3-steps-to-perform-ssh-login-without-password-using-ssh-keygen-ssh-copy-id/ > > a couple of links to get you going. > > Make sure you keep the private part of your pgp key on your computer and > only > send the public part out... > > Cheers > Sam > > On April 17, 2014 Thursday 16:33:19 Anand Singh wrote: >> You are correct, it needs to be a KDE application to use kwallet. >> Luckily, SSH has its own methods to accomplish the same thing. You can >> authenticate with a certificate instead of a password. >> >> https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/howto/ssh/public_key/#openssh >> >> Anand. >> >> On Apr 17, 2014 4:21 PM, "Lewko, Robert" <lew...@uleth.ca> wrote: >> > Is it possible that to use kwallet to store and manage the >> > key/passphrase for a ssh? >> > >> > In other words - what I want is to configure kwallet so that I enter >> my >> > kwallet password when I login and then when I use ssh kwallet takes >> care >> > of entering my passphrase into ksshaskpass without me having to enter >> it >> > again? >> > >> > The best thing that I have been able to do is put a script into >> > .kde/Autostart that calls keychain. >> > >> > It seems to me that getting kwallet to manage the passphrase would >> only be >> > possible if there was a KDE ssh application? Has anyone looked into >> this? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > clug-talk mailing list >> > clug-talk@clug.ca >> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
