Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> I doubt it too - but having the keys means you can use them to login in
> as
> if the original owner!
Only if you can crack the pass phrase or the user was dumb enough to
create a private key without a pass phrase. (I have used them on
servers that need to connect to another server for a specific job,
but the other server is configured to run a specific command when
that key is used to connect.)
A brute force password cracker is going to have a hard time unless
someone picked a real poor pass phrase. You may have better luck if
Yup you are right - I just forgot you need to have the passphrase to start
the agent usually....
But if the key was generated without a passphrase then it would be a gift!!
Sorry for the mis-direction....
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