SSH-agent setting

[Lars Kristiansen]

>> 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"
>
> 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
>>
>>
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