[NFBCS] Questions about ssh-agent and ssh-ad

[Lewis Wood]

I personally store my ssh keys in the .ssh folder, although you could store
it any where (make sure it is chmode 600  where ever you store them.

I edit the config file in the .ssh folder and add an alias perroute and
login.

For example:
My PI Kubernetes Master is KM alias and my root is rkm.

Thus I do:  ssh km  or ssh rkm or scp rkm:/etc/hosts . 

I even have one called github which logs into my id with my idententy file.

My non root logins allow me to enter a password and my rkm on works with the
identity file.

I use linux/wsl , if you use windows you can do the same via your .ssh
folder, I do not think it needs a chmod  Windows is more lax.

Lewis Wood
lewislwood at gmail.com


-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBCS
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2025 8:21 AM
To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
Cc: Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org>
Subject: [NFBCS] Questions about ssh-agent and ssh-ad

	Hello.  This is a question for those of you who make use of openssh
and its various features. 
Recently, I've started using ssh-agent and ssh-add to add private keys to
access my work environment.  I run ssh-agent on my source machine and, when
I log into that machine, ssh-agent is started.  At this point I can add keys
to ssh-agent's list of keys with the ssh-add command.
All of that works fine and does exactly what I expect.  However, when I log
out, or if  I reboot my source machine, ssh-agent terminates, to be started
the next time I log into that machine.  The problem is that all the keys I
added to ssh-agent are now gone and I must re-add them with ssh-add.  

	Is there a way to make keys stored with ssh-agent persistent across
reboots and login sessions?  I find it highly surprising that people
consider using ssh-agent a time saver if they have to keep adding keys every
time they restart ssh-agent for what ever reason.  So, I must be missing
something. Anyone here have ideas?

-thanks
-Brian

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