ssh-agent called by gnome, cinnamon... but not by openbox

[Gordon Messmer]

On 05/28/2015 08:36 AM, M. Fioretti wrote:
> Like in the old times then? OK, thanks. Will try it as soon as I've
> finished something I cannot interrupt right now. Besides, I still
> have one question: won't this confuse/break the way ssh agent is
> started/used by other WM/DEs???

I'm not sure why it would affect anything outside of the session you 
write.  Note that GNOME doesn't use ssh-agent at all.  It has its own 
keyring that manages ssh keys as well as other passwords and keys.