Security is best when it is handy.
In this tutorial, I hope to teach you how to use ssh-agent to automate logging in to your machines securely via the X Windowing System. I do, however, encourage you to look for other online documentation to learn about the ways that ssh works and the things that are going on behind the scenes in this tutorial. The machine that I use is running RedHat 6.2 and ssh 1.2.27, but this tutorial should work across platforms. Click here to go to this article.