On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 08:35:35AM -0500, Nathan Powell wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Something (and I guess it's fvwm related though I'm not absolutely > > > sure) is starting up ssh-agent when I run mt fvwm desktop, a ps > > > shows:- > > > > > > /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session fvwm > > > > > > It causes me problems with an ssh tunnel I use so I have to kill it. > > > Does anyone have any idea what starts it? Is it what starts fvwm or > > > is it fvwm itself? It's certainly not in my .xinitrc file. > > If you are using Ubuntu, Ubuntu starts ssh-agent by default. If you > > > look in /etc/X11/Xsession.options you will see the line: > > > > > > use-ssh-agent > > > > > > Commenting that out will stop it from running. Debian may do the same > > > thing, if that is the distro you are using, but the file could be named > > > differently, poke around if that is the case. > I'm using Fedora 7, it appears not to be configurable, the start-up of ssh_agent is in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common. I'll ask further in the Fedora lists.
Thanks for the help. -- Chris Green
