while not a complete and total solution, keyagent can help out alot. (Warning: IBM Developerworks link might require registration, don't remember but it's worth it if it does.)

keyagent can replace the 'driving to work every night at 2 am to type in the passwords for the nightly scripts that are run.' with 'driving to work to type in the passwords after a nasty reboot.' (but you were on your way in already yes?).

ssh includes built-in support that allows it to communicate with ssh-agent, allowing ssh to acquire your decrypted private keys without prompting you for a password for every single new connection. With ssh-agent you simply use ssh-add to add your private keys to ssh-agent's cache. It's a one-time process; after using ssh-add, ssh will grab your private key from ssh-agent, rather than bugging you by prompting for a passphrase.

the other SSH related articles linked from the keyagent article are well worth a read.

In reply to Re^2: Embed passwords (SSH) by zengargoyle
in thread Embed passwords (Acme::Clutter idea) by Solo

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