ssh-agent startup

[Guillaume]

Hi,
For now, when I  want to use ssh-agent, i have to open a shell, and then use
this command 'ssh-agent /bin/bash' to be able to use the ssh-agent
fonctionnality.

I would like to know if there is a tip to start ssh-agent at user login.
Like editing /etc/passwd an adding in the "shell field" /usr/bin/ssh-agent
/bin/bash like that :
              ***/etc/passwd***
              user:x:500:500::/home/user:/usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/bash

And by the way avoiding multi nested bash execution, avoid user to type this
command or multiple edit/modify of .bashrc of all my users.

thanks for your help.

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 26 December 2008 12:41:30 Guillaume wrote:
> Hi,
> For now, when I  want to use ssh-agent, i have to open a shell, and then
> use this command 'ssh-agent /bin/bash' to be able to use the ssh-agent
> fonctionnality.
>
> I would like to know if there is a tip to start ssh-agent at user login.
> Like editing /etc/passwd an adding in the "shell field" /usr/bin/ssh-agent
> /bin/bash like that :
>               ***/etc/passwd***
>               user:x:500:500::/home/user:/usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/bash
>
> And by the way avoiding multi nested bash execution, avoid user to type
> this command or multiple edit/modify of .bashrc of all my users.
>
> thanks for your help.

Add 'eval "$(gpg-agent --daemon)" ' to your ~/.bashrc or .bash_profile

As far as I know it will work from either

Anne

[Guillaume]

Thank you, this seems to works too with ssh-agent. But after user
disconnection, there is still "gpg-agent" daemon running in background. I
read on some forum I have to add some lines in ~/.bash_logout to end
pgp-agent process running. Is there a global bash_logout like /etc/profile ?

2008/12/26 Anne Wilson
> On Friday 26 December 2008 12:41:30 Guillaume wrote:
> > Hi,
> > For now, when I  want to use ssh-agent, i have to open a shell, and then
> > use this command 'ssh-agent /bin/bash' to be able to use the ssh-agent
> > fonctionnality.
> >
> > I would like to know if there is a tip to start ssh-agent at user login.
> > Like editing /etc/passwd an adding in the "shell field"
>
> /usr/bin/ssh-agent
> > /bin/bash like that :
> >               ***/etc/passwd***
> >               user:x:500:500::/home/user:/usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/bash
> >
> > And by the way avoiding multi nested bash execution, avoid user to type
> > this command or multiple edit/modify of .bashrc of all my users.
> >
> > thanks for your help.
>
> Add 'eval "$(gpg-agent --daemon)" ' to your ~/.bashrc or .bash_profile
>
> As far as I know it will work from either
>
> Anne
>
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[Aldo Foot]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Guillaume  wrote:
> Hi,
> For now, when I  want to use ssh-agent, i have to open a shell, and then use
> this command 'ssh-agent /bin/bash' to be able to use the ssh-agent
> fonctionnality.
>
> I would like to know if there is a tip to start ssh-agent at user login.
> Like editing /etc/passwd an adding in the "shell field" /usr/bin/ssh-agent
> /bin/bash like that :
>               ***/etc/passwd***
>               user:x:500:500::/home/user:/usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/bash
>
> And by the way avoiding multi nested bash execution, avoid user to type this
> command or multiple edit/modify of .bashrc of all my users.
>
> thanks for your help.
>
> --
> Guillaume

Boot the system in Run Level 3.
After you login in text mode run
     $ ssh-agent `exec startx`
The dollar sign is the user prompt. Use backticks.

This makes the agent available to the entire user environment. Load your
keys and you're good to go.
~af

[Guillaume]

2008/12/29 Aldo Foot
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Guillaume 
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > For now, when I  want to use ssh-agent, i have to open a shell, and then
>
> use
> > this command 'ssh-agent /bin/bash' to be able to use the ssh-agent
> > fonctionnality.
> >
> > I would like to know if there is a tip to start ssh-agent at user login.
> > Like editing /etc/passwd an adding in the "shell field"
>
> /usr/bin/ssh-agent
> > /bin/bash like that :
> >               ***/etc/passwd***
> >               user:x:500:500::/home/user:/usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/bash
> >
> > And by the way avoiding multi nested bash execution, avoid user to type
>
> this
> > command or multiple edit/modify of .bashrc of all my users.
> >
> > thanks for your help.
> >
> > --
> > Guillaume
>
> Boot the system in Run Level 3.
> After you login in text mode run
>     $ ssh-agent `exec startx`
> The dollar sign is the user prompt. Use backticks.
>
> This makes the agent available to the entire user environment. Load your
> keys and you're good to go.
> ~af
>
> Thanks for your reply,

but my system does not use any graphical interface. So, i have to find a way
to run a bash session "aware of" ssh-agent. The previous tips from Anne is
ok, but when user disconnect their session, the sshagent process is not
killed. Now, i need to find a global config file equivalent of bash_logout
by this way i'll be able to set a command like "ssh-agent -k" to all my
users. Without editiing each ~/.bash_logout.
But if i don't find i will create a small script to add a line like this
automaticaly.

Happy new year :-D