[PLUG] Restoring ssh-agent with passphrase
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louisk at cryptomonkeys.org
Thu Nov 15 05:29:13 UTC 2018
On Nov 14, 2018, at 3:47 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2018, Louis Kowolowski wrote:
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>> man ssh-add(1)
>>
>> -D Deletes all identities from the agent.
>> -l Lists fingerprints of all identities currently represented by the agent.
>>
>> You can delete all identities, list them, to make sure there aren't any in
>> the agent, and then re-add them with: ssh-add <path-to-key-file> will add
>> your key
>
> Thanks, Louis.
>
> Would the path be ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub?
>
By default, your SSH keys are located in ~/.ssh. The public key would not be added to the agent. The private key would be added to the agent. You probably want ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.
If you have multiple keys, you can add them all (ssh-add /path/to/private/keys/*) - yes, glob on the end to grab them all at once
Of note, SSH will only use the first 3 keys by default. If you have more than 3 keys, I suggest you look at specifying a key in your ~/.ssh/config for the specific host(s).
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