KDE ssh-agent
Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED
m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 30 00:49:46 UTC 2007
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:52:45 +0000, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:13:08 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote:
>
>> Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>>> I have been using ssh-agents for a while and I have good scripts and
>>> procedures to manage them.
>>
>> You use more than one at a time then?
>>
>>> Is there a way I can disable the provision of this automatically
>>> provided agent? It gets in the way, and I frequently have to manually
>>> delete it.
>>
>> It's started via some code in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common:
>>
>> # Prefix launch of session with ssh-agent if available and not already
>> running. SSH_AGENT=
>> if [ -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent -a -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then
>> if [ "x$TMPDIR" != "x" ]; then
>> SSH_AGENT="/usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/env TMPDIR=$TMPDIR"
>> else
>> SSH_AGENT="/usr/bin/ssh-agent"
>> fi
>> fi
>>
>> So if you've already started your ssh-agent, it shouldn't be started
>> again. If you don't want it to start because you plan to start it up
>> later, perhaps you could set the SSH_AGENT_PID variable?
>>
>> You can always edit the xinitrc-common script directly, but then you
>> have to remember to redo your changes after an update (that script
>> isn't marked as a %config script in the rpm).
>>
> [...]
>
> For now, I commented out that part of the script. I'm sure I will be
> reminded if I forget about it after an update. Considering your
> suggestion that I set the SSH_AGENT_PID variable, when does the
> xinitrc-common script run? Before or after my .bashrc? After some
> other standard script you might suggest? Thanks again for your help.
>
> Mike.
Noting your question I overlooked, I use one agent, but with
several keys
Mike.
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