On 04/02/12 19:35, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2012-02-04 09:09 +0100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 04/02/12 19:05, Paul E Condon wrote: >>> >>> Where in the start-up code of a system that is running ssh client is >>> the ssh-agent started?
<snipped> >>> 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) > > Nope, this is the script that starts the ssh *server*. The agent is > started in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent, sourced from > /etc/X11/Xsession (see Xsession(5). That led me to read man Xsession.options, which then lead to man ssh-agent (which is where the OP answer seems to be). > > Sven > > Thanks for the correction. I feel marginally less ignorant now :-) 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/4f2cf89f.7060...@gmail.com
