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clarification re: booting
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danielrobbins committed Sep 30, 2009
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Expand Up @@ -168,9 +168,10 @@ Note that when ``keychain`` runs for the first time after your local system has
booted, you will be prompted for a passphrase for your private key file if it
is encrypted. But here's the nice thing about using ``keychain`` -- even if
you are using an encrypted private key file, you will only need to enter your
passphrase when your system first boots. After that, ``ssh-agent`` is already
running and has your decrypted private key cached in memory. So if you open
a new shell, you will see something like this:
passphrase when your system first boots (or in the case of a server, when you
first log in.) After that, ``ssh-agent`` is already running and has your
decrypted private key cached in memory. So if you open a new shell, you will
see something like this:

.. figure:: keychain-2.png
:alt: Keychain finds existing ssh-agent and gpg-agent, and doesn't prompt for passphrase
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