<div class="gmail_quote">2008/12/29 Aldo Foot <<a href="mailto:lunixer@gmail.com">lunixer@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Guillaume <<a href="mailto:guillaume.chardin@gmail.com">guillaume.chardin@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi, > For now, when I want to use ssh-agent, i have to open a shell, and then use > this command 'ssh-agent /bin/bash' to be able to use the ssh-agent > fonctionnality. > > I would like to know if there is a tip to start ssh-agent at user login. > Like editing /etc/passwd an adding in the "shell field" /usr/bin/ssh-agent > /bin/bash like that : > ***/etc/passwd*** > user:x:500:500::/home/user:/usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/bash > > And by the way avoiding multi nested bash execution, avoid user to type this > command or multiple edit/modify of .bashrc of all my users. > > thanks for your help. > > -- > Guillaume </div></div>Boot the system in Run Level 3. After you login in text mode run $ ssh-agent `exec startx` The dollar sign is the user prompt. Use backticks. This makes the agent available to the entire user environment. Load your keys and you're good to go. ~af </blockquote></div>Thanks for your reply, but my system does not use any graphical interface. So, i have to find a way to run a bash session "aware of" ssh-agent. The previous tips from Anne is ok, but when user disconnect their session, the sshagent process is not killed. Now, i need to find a global config file equivalent of bash_logout by this way i'll be able to set a command like "ssh-agent -k" to all my users. Without editiing each ~/.bash_logout. But if i don't find i will create a small script to add a line like this automaticaly. Happy new year :-D -- Guillaume