In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: |On 6 Jan 1998, Rob Browning wrote: | |> Or if you use X, just put: |>=20 |> exec ssh-agent ~/.x-common-startup |>=20 |> in your .xinitrc. Then you can run ssh-add once after logging in, and |> never type the phrase again until you log out. | |I have been looking al over for this trick... Tried this one to, which did |not work...
It's very simple (assuming that a .xsession is equal in function to .xinitrc) here is my .xsession: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh -- # execute the rest of the .xsession file through the ssh-agent exec /usr/bin/ssh-agent $HOME/.xsession-ssh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- And here is my .xsession-ssh: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh -- export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:$PATH" xrdb $HOME/.Xresources # run window manager first and remember its pid fvwm & wmpid=$! # Next line is significant: xtoolwait /usr/bin/ssh-add < /dev/null xtoolwait xterm -geometry +150+8 xtoolwait xterm -geometry +150+385 xtoolwait xdaliclock xtoolwait xemacs -f mh -name emh -iconic #xsetroot -solid RoyalBlue4 & xsetroot -solid DeepSkyBlue4 & #xsetbg -smooth -border DeepSkyBlue4 -center ~/etc/pictures/float.jpg #xearth & unclutter & netscape -iconic & # wait for the window manager to exit, this marks the logout wait $wmpid ---------------------------------------------------------------------- And here is something relevant from the .fvwmrc (artificially line-warped): Style "SSH Authentication Passphrase Request" NoTitle, NoHandles, \ Sticky, WindowListSkip, StaysOnTop One "bug" I noticed which is worked on by the author is that ssh-add seems to call ssh-askpass using a system(3) call without quoting the user identification comment, so you should avoid characters which are meaningfull to the shell in the user identification comment. Otherwise you can do something like: ssh-askpass | ssh-add instead of the call to ssh-add above. And while I'm on the soap-box - who should I talk to about an offer to provide "auto-login"? I find it very convenient that my home machine boots and automatically "logs me in". I have it set up and working for a year and I think it would be very usefull to most home users. Cheers, --Amos --Amos Shapira | "Of course Australia was marked for 133 Shlomo Ben-Yosef st. | glory, for its people had been chosen Jerusalem 93 805 | by the finest judges in England." ISRAEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Anonymous -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
