Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 14:09:28 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about the use of ssh-agent(1) Message-ID: <20000709140928.E394@dialin-client.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20000709195220.C233@parish>; from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 07:52:20PM %2B0100 References: <20000709195220.C233@parish>
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On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 07:52:20PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> I've read the manpages for ssh-agent(1) and ssh-add(1) but require
> clarification on a couple of points.
>
> Is adding:
>
> eval `ssh-agent`
> ssh-add
>
> to ~/.login {a,the} correct way to start it?
Does it work? :) I think that would be a legit way to start it.
> If I login (as the same user) on more than one ttyv do I need to run
> an ssh-agent on each login?
I think this work around would do it (written in sh even though you
look like you are using csh),
if [ ! -f $HOME/.ssh-agent.sh ]; then
UMASK=`umask`
umask 600
ssh-agent > $HOME/.ssh-agent.sh
umask $UMASK
. $HOME/.ssh-agent.sh
ssh-add
else
. $HOME/.ssh-agent.sh
fi
The only issue here is going to be that you need to clean up that file
properly when you exit. You are going to want to kill off the running
ssh-agent as well... How to tell when you are the last program using
the ssh-agent... Hmmm...
> If not, should the commands in ~/.login be:
>
> if (! $SSH_AGENT_PID ) then
> eval `ssh-agent`
> ssh-add
> fi
Hmmm... Wouldn't that be,
if ( ! $?SSH_AGENT_PID ) then
In csh?
Anywhoo, for my extra $0.02. I typically use ssh-agent to "parent" an
entire X session. I have the following alias,
alias ssh-startx ssh-agent startx
And in .xinitrc,
if [ ! "X$SSH_AGENT_PID" = "X" ]; then
sleep 3
\xterm -T "SSH AUTHORIZATION" -fn '7x14' -geometry 85x5+150+250 -e ssh-add
fi
The benefit of using the 'ssh-agent command' style is that the
ssh-agent will exit gracefully when the child process exits.
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu
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