SSH Agent for Passphrase Management

SSH Agent is a background process that keeps your keys unlocked during your session.

  1. Start the agent and add keys:
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_work
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal

Per each key added to ssh you will need to type a phrase

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Created 2025-08-03 14:09:37 UTC by overseer
Updated 2026-03-13 01:30:48 UTC by lumxux