On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Paul E Condon <p...@mesanetworks.net> wrote: > I'm in the process of converting from nfs to sshfs on my home-grown > file-server/backup-server computer. This computer does not run Xwindows > or any other graphical manager. I control it mostly by logging into it > using ssh. But when I log in this way, it appears that ssh-agent is > not started, and consequently, I cannot use ssh-add on it. I can, of > course, use ssh-add on my desktop computer, but that is not where the > private key for the backup server is stored. Has anyone confronted > this situation and worked out a solution? Advice?
I haven't tried this, but does running ssh-agent from ~/.ssh/rc (or /etc/ssh/sshrc) do what you need? -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com http://36pints.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
