Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 23:17:38 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about the use of ssh-agent(1) Message-ID: <20000709231738.A8365@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007100001380.2764-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>; from pherman@frenchfries.net on Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 12:10:04AM %2B0200 References: <20000709223946.F233@parish> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007100001380.2764-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 12:10:04AM +0200, Paul Herman wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> > > Anywhoo, for my extra $0.02. I typically use ssh-agent to "parent" an
> > > entire X session. I have the following alias,
> > >
> > > alias ssh-startx ssh-agent startx
> > >
> >
> > Ah, that seems like a cleaner solution (I don't envisage needing ssh
> > in the console).
>
> Oh, I thought you mentioned ttyv*.
I did, but since the solution (especially identifying the last program
using the agent when using ssh-agent -k) is not particularly simple I
figured that Crist's solution was the best road to take.
thanks for your help guys.
> In anycase, if you wish to use ssh
> in multiple terminals /usr/ports/misc/screen will do the job nicely.
> Then you have $SSH_* in both worlds, X and ttyv. That's what I use:
>
> ttv0 login, ssh-agent screen, startup some screens, startx, etc...
>
> -Paul.
>
>
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