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Seamless ssh access
Seamless ssh access
If you have access to multiple class accounts or vx/exam accounts, as part of your workflow, you may want to ssh into another account from the account you are currently at.
Start ssh agent in your current login session. This can be achieved in your .xsession
Add your private key to the agent using ssh-add. You can store multiple identities in the agent.
Forward the agent - Either use “ssh -A” or add “ForwardAgent yes” to your ~/.ssh/config
~/startsshagent script
#!/bin/bash
SSH_ENV=~/.ssh/environment.`hostname`
function start_agent {
echo "Initialising new SSH agent..."
/usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > ${SSH_ENV}
echo Succeeded
chmod 600 ${SSH_ENV}
. ${SSH_ENV}
/usr/bin/ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa < /dev/null
}
# Source SSH settings, if applicable
if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
echo "Found ${SSH_ENV}"
. ${SSH_ENV}
ps -ef | grep ${SSH_AGENT_PID} | grep 'ssh-agent' || {
start_agent;
}
else
start_agent;
fi
~/.xsession script
. ~/startsshagent
exec startxfce4
~/.ssh/config
Host *
ForwardAgent yes
ForwardX11 yes
StrictHostKeyChecking no
Other Methods
In your .xsession,
exec ssh-agent startxfce4
In your xterm,
eval $(ssh-agent)
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