Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:38:42 +0100 From: kilim <kilim@phenix.rootshell.be> To: Lars Kristiansen <lars+lister.freebsd@adventuras.no> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH-agent setting Message-ID: <20050215163842.GA10689@phenix.rootshell.be> In-Reply-To: <57240.213.236.228.129.1108483003.squirrel@mail.adventuras.no> References: <20050215142205.GA28272@phenix.rootshell.be> <55651.213.236.228.129.1108481931.squirrel@mail.adventuras.no> <57240.213.236.228.129.1108483003.squirrel@mail.adventuras.no>
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 04:56:43PM +0100, Lars Kristiansen wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I set ssh-agent just fine for a session from a xterm under X. > >> > >> > >> But what I'd like to have is once I log in to have session start from > >> my .profile so that when I do "startx" every subsequent xterm > >> 'inherits' the ssh-agent so that I don't have to type in the password. > >> > >> Is such a thing do-able ? > > > > in ~/.xinit start your windowmanager with something like: > correction: i have this in the file ~/.xsession , sorry. > > "/usr/bin/ssh-agent ~/bin/startmywindowmanager" Thanks Lars ! I'm doing something like this, in my .xinitrc, as I start the X from the command line using 'startx': /usr/bin/ssh-agent "/usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker" Then in the xterm I just type ssh-add and every consecutive xterm can use ssh without prompting for the password.
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