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Everytime I login, I need to run these commands to stop being prompted for my password each time. 

will@dev1:~$ will@dev1:~$ eval $('ssh-agent') Agent pid 4234 will@dev1:~$ ssh-add Enter passphrase for /home/will/.ssh/id_rsa: Identity added: /home/will/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/will/.ssh/id_rsa) will@dev1:~$

How can I configure my shell so I do not need to do this?

Thanks

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  • If you are logging in on a text console, you might try putting the commands at the end of your .profile or .bashrc. If you log in via a graphical console, write the commands to a shell script and let that one start via the "automatically started applications", depending on the gui system. In that case, use a graphical ssh-askpass (e.g. gnome-ssh-askpass) Commented Mar 1, 2017 at 14:17

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I do not recommand to auto-fill passphrases ...

But you can add the commands in your .bash_profile to avoid typing them :

eval $(ssh-agent) ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

This way, you will just have to type the passphrase when you connect !

Hope it helps !

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