Ubuntu server remote file access

[Kent Borg]

On 09/30/2013 01:22 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> Of course there are many uses for passphrase-less keys.  They provide a
> convenience of unattended remote access, with at least some amount of
> security.  They're equivalent, authentication-wise, to writing a script
> containing the password needed to log in remotely, only ssh/scp are far
> more convenient than telnet/ftp (and they encrypt traffic, but that's
> not an authentication feature).

A way to get some of the convenience of a key with no passphrase, but 
without being as wide open as a clear-text password in a script file, is 
to use ssh-agent.  You authenticate with it once and then just type ssh 
or scp or whatever.

-kb