On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:52:45 +0000, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:13:08 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> I have been using ssh-agents for a while and I have good scripts and
>> procedures to manage them.
>
> You use more than one at a time then?
>
>> Is there a way I can disable the provision of this automatically
>> provided agent? It gets in the way, and I frequently have to manually
>> delete it.
>
> It's started via some code in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common:
>
> # Prefix launch of session with ssh-agent if available and not already
> running. SSH_AGENT=
> if [ -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent -a -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then
> if [ "x$TMPDIR" != "x" ]; then
> SSH_AGENT="/usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/env TMPDIR=$TMPDIR"
> else
> SSH_AGENT="/usr/bin/ssh-agent"
> fi
> fi
>
> So if you've already started your ssh-agent, it shouldn't be started
> again. If you don't want it to start because you plan to start it up
> later, perhaps you could set the SSH_AGENT_PID variable?
>
> You can always edit the xinitrc-common script directly, but then you
> have to remember to redo your changes after an update (that script
> isn't marked as a %config script in the rpm).
>
[...]
For now, I commented out that part of the script. I'm sure I will be
reminded if I forget about it after an update. Considering your
suggestion that I set the SSH_AGENT_PID variable, when does the
xinitrc-common script run? Before or after my .bashrc? After some
other standard script you might suggest? Thanks again for your help.
Mike.
Noting your question I overlooked, I use one agent, but with
several keys
Mike.