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Re: ssh-add after graphical login

From Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: ssh-add after graphical login
Date 2023-03-23 14:00 +0100
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 08:53:48AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 4:43 AM Yassine Chaouche
> <a.chaouche@algerian-radio.dz> wrote:
> >
> > I'd like something to run ssh-add right after I login to my desktop
> > (KDE).
> > ssh-add needs to prompt me for my passphrase,
> > and doesn't need any privileges.
> >
> > What are my options?
> 
> You can remove the passphrase from the key. Then your agents can use
> the key unattended (without prompting you).

While this is true, it's a really awful suggestion.  Removing the
passphrase from the key means that if the key is ever stolen, the
thief can use it to impersonate you in any context that accepts this
key.

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ssh-add after graphical login Yassine Chaouche <a.chaouche@algerian-radio.dz> - 2023-03-23 09:50 +0100
  Re: ssh-add after graphical login Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-03-23 12:30 +0100
    Re: ssh-add after graphical login Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-03-23 13:20 +0100
    Re: ssh-add after graphical login Yassine Chaouche <a.chaouche@algerian-radio.dz> - 2023-03-23 13:50 +0100
  Re: ssh-add after graphical login basti <mailinglist@unix-solution.de> - 2023-03-23 13:00 +0100
    Re: ssh-add after graphical login Yassine Chaouche <a.chaouche@algerian-radio.dz> - 2023-03-23 13:20 +0100
  Re: ssh-add after graphical login Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-03-23 14:00 +0100
    Re: ssh-add after graphical login Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-03-23 14:10 +0100
  Re: ssh-add after graphical login Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-03-23 14:00 +0100
  Re: ssh-add after graphical login Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-03-23 15:20 +0100
  Re: ssh-add after graphical login Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2023-03-23 18:00 +0100
    Re: ssh-add after graphical login Yassine Chaouche <a.chaouche@algerian-radio.dz> - 2023-03-26 10:40 +0200

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