> as your first command. Logins will now be invisible and automatic, like > rsh, so scripts ought to work.
if it's for scripting you are typically better to use a ~/.shosts file on the remote host instead of relying on the ssh-agent stuff. you don't always have the option of running 'eval `ssh-agent`' and 'ssh-add' before a script runs from cron etc. > There is an X version of the agent, too, > but I've never gotten it working for me. the trick is to make sure the debian package ssh-askpass as installed and then to get the x version to pop up you need to run: # /usr/bin/ssh-add < /dev/null the way i setup passwordless ssh for my laptop so it works for all X sessions is like this: (before i start x) # eval `ssh-agent`; startx & clear; logout (this only works if you use bash as your shell) and then in my ~/.xinitrc file i have this line: /usr/bin/ssh-add < /dev/null & as x starts up you get a window pop up asking for your ssh rsa password. because you ran ssh-agent before starting x the needed environment variables are available to all subshells. if you want to remove the ability to passwordless ssh you can do so by running 'ssh-add -D' in any xterm. i hope that helps, adam.
