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Date:      Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:33:58 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: /bin/sh logout script
Message-ID:  <20030225113358.GA60519@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
In-Reply-To: <20030225111945.GA14877@lothlorien.nagual.st>
References:  <20030225111945.GA14877@lothlorien.nagual.st>

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On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:19:45PM +0100, dick hoogendijk wrote:
> For bash I can use .bash_profile and .bash_logout to get things done at
> login/logout time.
> 
> On my fbsd machine I use /bin/sh and I can't find how to execute things
> at logout time (login is set in .profile). I.e. I want to remove the
> ssh-agent pig at logout time and clear the screen)
> 
> Does /bin/sh has a logout file ??? and if so, what's it called?

Hmmm... I don't think that /bin/sh does have a logout script.
However, you may still be able to use ssh-agent using the alternative
syntax.  You can tell ssh-agent to spawn another command, which is
usually used for something like a window manager.

Try putting a line like this at the end of your .profile:

    exec ssh-agent /bin/sh

which should put you into your usual shell running as a child of the
ssh-agent.  Once in, check your environment: there should be
SSH_AUTH_SOCK and SSH_AGENT_PID environment variables.  The ssh-agent
will run until you exit from the shell, and you can load keys into it
as normal.

Warning: make sure you have an alternate login you can use to fix your
account if this all goes horribly wrong and stops you being able to
log in at all.  I haven't tested doing anything like this myself, so I
really don't know if it will work properly or not.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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