Michael Wagner, on 2018-11-29 : > I put this in my .bashrc > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > if [ ! -S ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock ]; then > eval $(ssh-agent -t 43200) > ln -sf "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock > fi > export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock > ssh-add -l | grep "The agent has no identities" && > /usr/bin/ssh-add > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > So every time I login the first time, or when the last ssh-add command > is older than 12h, I'll be asked for the passphrase of the key.
Good Day Michael, That's good to know; many thanks for your input! The best expiry implementation I had until then was that my trusty terminal tends to be issued with reboots quite often. Perhaps 14400 s of lifetime should be sufficient on my side; seems sound for lunch break. Maybe I'm missing something, but why the rewiring of the authentication socket? Mere convenience? Kind Regards, -- Étienne Mollier <etienne.moll...@mailoo.org>
