From owner-cvs-all Fri Sep 25 21:48:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA20019 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:48:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA20014 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:48:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA10801; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:48:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199809260448.VAA10801@austin.polstra.com> To: peter@netplex.com.au Subject: Re: Security and other facilities at WC CDROM - the plan. In-Reply-To: <199809252052.EAA04519@spinner.netplex.com.au> References: <199809252052.EAA04519@spinner.netplex.com.au> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: committers@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:48:13 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <199809252052.EAA04519@spinner.netplex.com.au>, Peter Wemm wrote: > Or, even more perverse^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hbetter: > > ssh-agent startx > > in an xterm window: > > ssh-add > (type your passphrase) Even easier: Use "startx" the normal way. At the end of ~/.xinitrc: exec ssh-agent /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2 In ~/.fvwm2rc: AddToFunc InitFunction "I" Module FvwmButtons + "I" Exec ssh-add < /dev/null "ssh-add" will pop up a nice window when you first start X and prompt you for your passphrase. It's all automatic. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth