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| author | Marc Cornellà <hello@mcornella.com> | 2021-10-11 12:15:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Marc Cornellà <hello@mcornella.com> | 2021-10-11 12:15:47 +0200 |
| commit | a0ac789f2abf475346505cd372a3843b3b93d91e (patch) | |
| tree | 95f020ade804345f80e9cdfa81869e5e5a5e332f /plugins/ssh-agent/README.md | |
| parent | 9bd0ac9b005189edceb0ac53f361fcc020f8e6b6 (diff) | |
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feat(ssh-agent): allow lazy-loading SSH identities (#6309)
Fixes #7477
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diff --git a/plugins/ssh-agent/README.md b/plugins/ssh-agent/README.md index d1a504b1e..1d6914ec6 100644 --- a/plugins/ssh-agent/README.md +++ b/plugins/ssh-agent/README.md @@ -21,7 +21,23 @@ zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent agent-forwarding on ---- -To **load multiple identities** use the `identities` style, For example: +To **NOT load any identities on start** use the `lazy` setting. This is particularly +useful when combined with the `AddKeysToAgent` setting (available since OpenSSH 7.2), +since it allows to enter the password only on first use. _NOTE: you can know your +OpenSSH version with `ssh -V`._ + +```zsh +zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent lazy yes +``` + +You can enable `AddKeysToAgent` by passing `-o AddKeysToAgent=yes` to the `ssh` command, +or by adding `AddKeysToAgent yes` to your `~/.ssh/config` file [1]. +See the [OpenSSH 7.2 Release Notes](http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.2). + +---- + +To **load multiple identities** use the `identities` style (**this has no effect +if the `lazy` setting is enabled**). For example: ```zsh zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent identities id_rsa id_rsa2 id_github |