Setting up SSH Agent and solving agent issues when prompting for rsa password

Setting up SSH-Agent

1. Generate your key

ssh-keygen -t rsa

2. Copy the public key to the authorized_keys file

cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

3. Copy the public key to the remote hosts

scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub seasnake.techops.uk.betfair:~/.ssh/authorized_keys

If you are prompted for your id_rsa passkey do the following;

If using a windowing environment you may have set ssh-agent running in one window, therefore your SSH_AUTH_SOCK variable needs to be set in the other windows;

1. In the window that allows you to ssh without specifying a password of any kind type;

echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK

2. Using the value returned, in the other terminal windows type;

SSH_AUTH_SOCK=

If you can't connect without a password on any terminals do the following;

1. Find the current ssh agent

ps -ef | grep ssh

2. kill the ssh-agent process

kill

3. Start a new ssh-agent process and set the shell variables

eval `ssh-agent`

4. Check that your SSH_AUTH_SOCK is set

echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK

5. Now add your key to the agent

ssh-add

6. Enter your id_rsa password when prompted

7. Log on to your remote system without the password.