Automatically add SSH keys to SSH agent with GNOME and macOS

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I am using passwordless login via SSH on every box that I administer. Of course, my private SSH key is protected with a password that must be provided when accessing the key. Modern operating systems incorporate the usage of ssh-agent to “link” the user account to the SSH key(s), in order to unlock the SSH key as soon as the user is logged in. In this way, they avoid nagging the user asking for the SSH key password every time the key needs to be used. In my case, I am running GNU/Linux with GNOME and macOS:

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Automatically add SSH keys to SSH agent with GNOME and macOS