Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:38:51 +0100 (CET) From: "Lars Kristiansen" <lars@adventuras.no> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH-agent setting Message-ID: <55651.213.236.228.129.1108481931.squirrel@mail.adventuras.no> In-Reply-To: <20050215142205.GA28272@phenix.rootshell.be> References: <20050215142205.GA28272@phenix.rootshell.be>
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> 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: "/usr/bin/ssh-agent ~/bin/startmywindowmanager" if you are using xdm, some applications in ports can help you with providing a password-dialog, among others "ssh_askpass_gtk2". -- Hilsen Lars > > Thank you > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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