On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Michael Wisniewski <wiz561@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > However, how does one go about implementing this if their private key > is on the local system? If the private key is on your server, you > could probably put it in a login script. But being that it is on the > local system, how would you go about verifying the passphrase? This is not possible. The status of the private key is not passed across the ssh connection. I have seen people create a "bastion" host, that allows ssh login, but with passwords only. Then allow key based auth from there. This gave the capability of controlling the private key environment. -- And, did Galoka think the Ulus were too ugly to save? -Centauri
