https://github.com/funtoo/keychain

keychain ssh-agent front-end
https://github.com/funtoo/keychain

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keychain ssh-agent front-end

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/funtoo/keychain
• Owner: funtoo
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2009-07-18T01:59:20.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-03-18T11:32:59.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T12:50:53.904Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: http://www.funtoo.org
• Size: 371 KB
• Stars: 746
• Watchers: 33
• Forks: 104
• Open Issues: 52
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • License: COPYING.txt

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README

        
IMPORTANT - GitHub Contributors

===============================

Please apply your patches to `keychain.sh`, *not* the generated `keychain`

script, which we are now including in the git repo to facilitate the

distribution of release archives direct from GitHub. All development work will 

be done on the 'devel' branch and will only be merged with the master branch when 

a new release is made. This should allow the generated files (keychain, man pages,

spec file)to remain in sync on the master branch but no guarantees are made except

for the tagged release. They will be regenerated for official release archives 

only (those tagged with the release version.). Anyone using or contributing to the

'devel' branch should assume the generated files are out of date and regenerate 

locally if needed.

Thanks!

Introduction to Keychain

========================

**Official documentation for Keychain can be found on [the official Keychain

wiki page](http://www.funtoo.org/Keychain).**

`Keychain` helps you to manage ssh and GPG keys in a convenient and secure

manner. It acts as a frontend to `ssh-agent` and `ssh-add`, but allows you

to easily have one long running `ssh-agent` process per system, rather than

the norm of one `ssh-agent` per login session. 

This dramatically reduces the number of times you need to enter your

passphrase. With `keychain`, you only need to enter a passphrase once every

time your local machine is rebooted. `Keychain` also makes it easy for remote

cron jobs to securely "hook in" to a long running `ssh-agent` process,

allowing your scripts to take advantage of key-based logins.