On 04/02/12 19:05, Paul E Condon wrote: > Some might think I have no business wanting to know the answer > to this question, but
>bare with me: Blink Blink :-/ (bear? I really hope *that*'s what you're requesting) > > Where in the start-up code of a system that is running ssh client is > the ssh-agent started? It has got to be early in the process, but > where? And what exactly is done? Should I be able to see it in an > init.d script? It is a daemon, but it is only needed to support an > add-on feature of as ssh client so it should be part of the code that > gdm/xdm runs, I suppose. Or what? There should be distinct instances > of the agent for each user, I think. Or is there a single single > instance that maintains a list of logged in users and their several > private keys? How is it really implement. I get the impression that it > is different ways on different systems. I'm only interested in the > Debian implementation (because it is the only one I can check up on) > It seems that it is not run when I log into a host using ssh or more > exactly its pid is not exported to an ssh login process. Could I add > something to the .profile script? If this is possible, it surely > has been thought of before me and better and worse ways of doing > have been discussed, but I'm not finding anything. Pointers to > HOWTOs? Is there a common name for doing this? Etc. > > TIA > /etc/init.d/ssh (it's a link from /etc/rc2.d) Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ NOTE: new update available for Debian Buttons (New button for querying Debian Developer Package):- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/debian-buttons/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f2ce7c9.7000...@gmail.com
