[K12OSN] ssh-agent processes and VNC

Rob Owens hick518 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 6 00:09:57 UTC 2006


--- Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well I *think* ssh-agent securly saves your ssh
> password (after you
> type it the first time) so you only have to type it
> once and then you
> can ssh to the same host again without re-typing
> your password. But I
> have never used it so take this with a grain of
> salt.
> --

Yes, that's what it's supposed to do.  I guess I'm not
sure why you'd run it by default every time you log
in, though, particularly through a non-ssh method. 

-Rob


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