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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: tramp and ssh-key  passphrase
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:15:52 +0100
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lee <lee@yagibdah.de> writes:

> Hi,

Hi,

> is there a way to have tramp cache the passphrase of the ssh key I'm
> using to edit a remote file --- or some other way which doesn't require
> me to enter the passphrase all the time?

There is the recommendation to use ssh-agent, which is always good.

Another solution would be (setq password-cache-expiry nil)

Best regards, Michael.