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Author: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
New-Topics: Re: [DNG] Using ssh-agent in multiple logins
Subject: Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 138, Issue 40
Le 29/03/2026 à 16:44, R A Montante, Ph.D. via Dng a écrit :
>> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 01:25:52 +1100
>> From: Tom<wirelessduck@???>
>> Subject: [DNG] Using ssh-agent in multiple logins
>>
>> I'm trying to learn how to use ssh-agent. I followed the instructions
>> athttps://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/agent.
>>
>> I have a remote machine that I login to over ssh from my desktop and
>> want to run ssh-agent on this remote machine for further connections to
>> other machines in a remote network.
>
> Perhaps I'm missing the point --- are you trying to login to other
> remote machines, or understand "ssh-agent"? If the goal is to login to
> other remote machines, you can configure the "first" remote ssh daemon
> to forward connections to other ones. I used this to tunnel through a
> firewall when I had one Internet-visible machine and a set of
> internal-only machines.
>
>

    Yes. And you can do that by editing ~/.ssh/config