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[Mads Laursen <dossen+sgl AT daimi.au.dk>]

On 30/09/03 12.44, Casey Harkins wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Andrew wrote:
[snip expect stuff]
> Another option here would be to use public/private key system. Generate
> your keys, drop the public key on gambit.gotdns.org and leave the private
> key unencrypted on the local machine. Not any less secure than having the
> password in the script itself. If you're willing to type in a passphrase
> when you boot the machine, you could use ssh-agent and the private key
> would be kept encrypted.

Just a small hint, if you want to use ssh-agent, look into keychain.
It manages the ssh-agent, so that it is shared by all your logins to
the box (even cron-jobs and the like can utilize the key).

/dossen
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