SSH-agent setting

[kilim]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 11:51:41AM -0500, Clayton Scott Kern wrote:

> on 02-15-2005, kilim wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 04:56:43PM +0100, Lars Kristiansen wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> 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"
> > 
> > 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.
>
> Why not use keychain and put it in the appropriate rc file (.bashrc,
> cshrc, etc.), then you'll be connected to the agent automatically.

You top posted. Anyways.

Because if I have ssh-agent in .profile everytime I start an xterm
I'll have another ssh-agent starting. Then for each and every one of
them I'll have to run "ssh-add" and type in the pass pharase. Which
completely defeats the whole point.

But thanks for trying anyways.