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Date:      Mon, 10 Jul 2000 00:10:04 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>
To:        Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question about the use of ssh-agent(1)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007100001380.2764-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>
In-Reply-To: <20000709223946.F233@parish>

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On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Mark Ovens wrote:

> > 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
> > 
> 
> Ah, that seems like a cleaner solution (I don't envisage needing ssh
> in the console).

Oh, I thought you mentioned ttyv*.  In anycase, if you wish to use ssh
in multiple terminals /usr/ports/misc/screen will do the job nicely.  
Then you have $SSH_* in both worlds, X and ttyv.  That's what I use:

   ttv0 login, ssh-agent screen, startup some screens, startx, etc...

-Paul.



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