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When using SSH to connect between two mac machines as a standard user passwordless connection works ok on both macs.
But each time when doing the same as root it asks me to enter the passphrase. I got PermitRootLogin without-password
in my /etc/sshd-config
What's wrong wish my root? Any ideas why does this happen.
Then: I've tried to add my passphrase to keychain using this method:
$eval "$(ssh-agent)"
$ssh client@macpro.local && ssh-add -K
The keychain window appears but for some reason it doesn’t allow to type in it so I just close it. And after I close it terminal prompts me to enter a passphrase. And after I did I get a connection. So I typed
$ exit
and got this:
Could not create keychain item
Identity added: /var/root/.ssh/id_rsa (/var/root/.ssh/id_rsa)
So it's a keychain problem I believe (or is it supposed to work this way for any reason?) Funny thing that after this I actually don't need to enter the passphrase anymore... until I stop ssh-agent :(((((
I tried this on two macs and get absolutely the same result
Could anyone tell me why keychain [fails|doesn't allow] to save passphrase when sshing as root while it works fine when doing ssh as standard user?
Is root enabled on the local Mac? It's not by default. – Tetsujin – 2015-02-21T10:26:51.170
Sorry could you explain what you mean more detailed? – Drew – 2015-02-21T19:33:34.350
Mac isn't like nix, it doesn't have the root account enabled by default, for security, as almost no process on a Mac ever needs root access. See http://superuser.com/questions/831712/how-can-i-become-root-in-yosemite
– Tetsujin – 2015-02-22T08:20:03.400Oh of course it is enabled. – Drew – 2015-02-22T18:55:30.337