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Lockyy on June 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: My First 10 Minutes on a Server

If you put a passphrase on your ssh key you only have to enter it when you initially add it to your ssh-agent.

vmarsy on June 15, 2016 [–]

yes, ssh-agent will let you enter the password once, and then it won't prompt you anymore.

(see https://help.github.com/articles/working-with-ssh-key-passph... )

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