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minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThey are text files but they are not “plaintext”. They are (optionally) encrypted with a user-supplied password. That is why you need ssh-agent to stay sane.
They are text files but they are not “plaintext”. They are (optionally) encrypted with a user-supplied password. That is why you need
ssh-agentto stay sane.