On 4/6/2010 2:04 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>
> Sorry, you missed the subject of that sentence - I meant, why does it not
> stop the one I explicitly started? Are you saying that ssh-agent, with no
> commands, implicitly backgrounds itself?
Yes, someone pointed out that the manual says exactly that a few times
already.
> And, for the bigger picture, why should it? If I'm logging off, there's no
> reason for it to keep running. Any sessions that required it are either
> established, or shut down.
That's one of the things it can do. If you don't like it, use some
other option. I assume it can feed cron jobs and the like when you
aren't logged in if you want - but I've always just made keys with no
passphrase when I know the commands will be automated.
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Les Mikesell
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