@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ You can now send us the **public** key (`id_ed25519.pub`), either as a file or b
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
```
**Please send the public key to:****hpc-mgr@uni-koeln.de**
On Ramses, the remote machine, your public key (\*.pub) will be a one-line-item in your `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file. Together with your matching local private key, it enables SSH authentication without password request.
On Ramses, the remote machine, your public key (\*.pub) will be a single-lineitem in your `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file. Together with your matching local private key, it enables SSH authentication without password request.
#### 2.2.3 Step 3 (optional): Wanna pass on the passphrase? - Call your agent!
`ssh-agent` is a program which can automatically do your authentication when logging in to a remote machine via ssh. Thus, to avoid providing the passphrase during multiple subsequent sessions, you can load the private key into memory using the ssh-agent.
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@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ First, check if your agent is at home by typing
```
ssh-add -l # with `-l` as in "list"
```
This will list all identities currently represented by the agent. Think of "identity" as an SSH key that you want to add to the SSH authentication agent. If you see the message `Could not open a connection to your authentication agent`, you need to activate the agent first:
This will list all identities currently represented by the agent. Think of "identity" as an SSH key that you want to add to the SSH authentication agent. If you see the message `"Could not open a connection to your authentication agent"`, you need to activate the agent first: