Subject: Re: [vserver] keychain or ssh-agent inside a vserver?
From: vserver@pineview.net
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:10:44 +0930

Ed W wrote:
> Jean-Fran�ois Leroux wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying and using keychain inside a debian (etch) vserver, but I'm
>> not successful at the moment. I mean keychain asks for the passphrase,
>> then says it adds this key, but each time I want to connect to the
>> remote server, I'm being asked for my passphrase again. Since I'm
>> connecting through several other servers I have to type it again and
>> again. Same behaviour with ssh-agent.
>> Is there something special to do in order to use keychain or ssh-agent
>> inside a vserver ?
>>
>> BTW, I'm using stable openssh-client 4.3p2-9 .
>>
>> Thanks for your ideas :)
>>   
>
> Possibly the wrong answer, but whenever I setup SSH I always make a
> mistake and end up with the host system binding to too many interfaces
> and hence I find I am not logging into the server I think I am...
> Ed W
Hi Ed

I have taken to setting up the underlying ssh port on 2222 and the
client os ssh to 222, reduces door knocking and get rid of the binding
problems

Mike