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ssh-agent

The ssh-agent is a helper program that keeps track of users' identity keys and their passphrases. The agent can then use the keys to log into other servers without having the user type in a password or passphrase again. This implements a form of single sign-on (SSO).

List of commands for ssh-agent:

- ssh-agent
ssh:tldr:d0937 ssh: Kill the currently running agent.

$ ssh-agent -k

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