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Old 07-07-2007, 05:50 AM   #1
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Mandriva: How can I get rid of "Enter passphrase for ~/.../.ssh/id_sda"


I'm doing some translation for Fedora on my Mandriva box, and now get the following message after booting when logging in:

"Enter passphrase for /home/linux/.ssh/id_sda" (username is "linux")

This has something to do with the repository to download .po files for translating, but I know very little about how all of that works. All I know is that when I followed the same instructions on FC6, it didn't ask me for a password every time I booted/logged in. I'd like to keep it that way, that is, I'd like things to work the same way on Mandriva.

Here's what caused this:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/transl..._software.html

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/transl...ting_docs.html

Does anybody have any idea why I'm asked to "Enter passphrase..." and how I can change this to ask for it only when I download .po files from the repository using the terminal?

Many thanks.
 
Old 07-07-2007, 06:07 AM   #2
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you might want to read the previous page to those...

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/transl..._accounts.html

it's possible to not use passphrases on ssh in general, just by leaving it blank - remember it was YOU that enforced the password in the first place. good to insist on them though, but it really isn't as dangerous as not having a password for the account itself. i'll admit i never use passphrases when i am doing using ssh psk's.
 
Old 07-07-2007, 02:50 PM   #3
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Yes, that's one solution. However, that's not my point. When I boot my Mandriva box, before I can do anything I get a window that opens up and I have to give my ssh password before I can do anything else, even if I'm not even going to consult, download, etc. any of the documents... even if I've booted up my computer just to watch a film! In Fedora, it only asks me for my password when I try to download .po files from the repository from the terminal. So there must be a way of configuring Mandriva so that it doesn't insist on me giving my password when I log into the GUI. But... How?
 
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oh right, well i assume there's a cvs service that you could stop starting on boot?
 
  


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