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Date:      Sun, 9 Jul 2000 23:17:38 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>
Cc:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about the use of ssh-agent(1)
Message-ID:  <20000709231738.A8365@parish>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007100001380.2764-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>; from pherman@frenchfries.net on Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 12:10:04AM %2B0200
References:  <20000709223946.F233@parish> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007100001380.2764-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>

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On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 12:10:04AM +0200, Paul Herman wrote:
> 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*.

I did, but since the solution (especially identifying the last program
using the agent when using ssh-agent -k) is not particularly simple I
figured that Crist's solution was the best road to take.

thanks for your help guys.


> 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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