From f1fbe33cfeba70123a702b3cdd1139361b75b875 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 14:43:40 -0400 Subject: response --- ...ishlist:_Prevent_repeated_password_prompts_for_one_command.mdwn | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_Prevent_repeated_password_prompts_for_one_command.mdwn b/doc/todo/wishlist:_Prevent_repeated_password_prompts_for_one_command.mdwn index 6c12b1d15..6d1552fe4 100644 --- a/doc/todo/wishlist:_Prevent_repeated_password_prompts_for_one_command.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/wishlist:_Prevent_repeated_password_prompts_for_one_command.mdwn @@ -1 +1,8 @@ Simple, when performing various git annex command over ssh, in particular a multi-file get, and using password authentication, git annex will prompt more than once for a user password. This makes batch updates very inconvenient. + +> I'd suggest using ssh-agent, or a passwordless ssh key. Possibly in +> combination with [[git-annex-shell]] if you want to lock down a +> particular ssh key to only being able to use git-annex and git-daemon. +> +> Combining multiple operations into a single ssh is on the todo list, but +> very far down it. --[[Joey]] -- cgit v1.2.3