ssh-agent fun

(If you're seeing this for the second time, for some reason my first post
appeared and then immediately disappeared)

box 1 has keys setup for 2 and 3, and can ssh to either one without password
prompt

on box 1:

eval `ssh-agent`
ssh-add
ssh 2
<connects>
ssh 3
<password prompt>

I've set ForwardAgent yes in box 2's /etc/ssh/ssh_conf under Host *, but to
no effect.

Where should I be looking so I can get this resolved?

Thanks!

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:36:05 GMT, /dev/null <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> (If you're seeing this for the second time, for some reason my first post
> appeared and then immediately disappeared)

I see both.

> box 1 has keys setup for 2 and 3, and can ssh to either one without password
> prompt
>
> on box 1:
>
> eval `ssh-agent`
> ssh-add
> ssh 2
><connects>
> ssh 3
><password prompt>
>
> I've set ForwardAgent yes in box 2's /etc/ssh/ssh_conf under Host *, but to
> no effect.

You should use ~/.ssh/config for that. The question is, do you have
ForwardAgent yes in your ~/.ssh/config on box 1, so you can use the agent
from box 2 to log onto 3?

It would only make sense to have ForwardAgent yes on box 2 if you were
going to use it on box 3 to ssh to a 4th box. And then it would still
have to be forwarded from box 1, unless ssh-agent was running somewhere on
2 or 3.