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    Adding multiple ssh keys to kwallet

    I have two ssh keys that I would like to have automatically unlocked when I log in. I have this script in ~/.kde/Autostart
    Code:
    #!/bin/sh
    export SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ksshaskpass
    ssh-add </dev/null
    This works perfectly for my first key (id_rsa) but I cannot get it to unlock a second key (id_rsa.2) I even manually added an entry in kwallet under ksshaskpass but it still doesn't unlock it. What am I missing?
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    Re: Adding multiple ssh keys to kwallet

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    Re: Adding multiple ssh keys to kwallet

    Solved. I just simply added the path to both keys to the autostart script.

    Code:
    ssh-add /home/$USER/.ssh/id_rsa /home/$USER/.ssh/id_rsa.2</dev/null
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