ssh agent

To use ssh(1)' we first need to start ssh-agent(1)'. We use -c' to generate C-shell commands on stdout for csh-style shells and -s' for Bourne-shell.

eval `ssh-agent -c`

With ssh-agent running we need to `ssh-add(1)' our private key that we want to use.

ssh-add ~/.ssh/

That's it, ssh-agent' will now hold that private key and use it for public key authentication. You can list all identities currently represented by the agent with the ssh-agent -l' command.

To set this up automatically on login, just add these commands to your shell configuration file. As an example, for tcsh(1)' use ~/.tcshrc'.