Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:05:04 -0500 From: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: peter@netplex.com.au, committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security and other facilities at WC CDROM - the plan. Message-ID: <E0zMmXY-0004uq-00@spawn.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <199809260448.VAA10801@austin.polstra.com> References: <199809252052.EAA04519@spinner.netplex.com.au> <199809260448.VAA10801@austin.polstra.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- That's what is great about unix... a million ways to do a thing. How about the following in .xsession or .xinitrc (assuming sh-like shell): eval `ssh-agent -s` ssh-add </dev/null & my_window_manager kill $SSH_AGENT_PID Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org On 25 September 1998 at 21:48, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> wrote: > In article <199809252052.EAA04519@spinner.netplex.com.au>, > Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNgx2ADeRhT8JRySpAQFdewQAs0A7IcgK1MFZrpuf8pP992ytkJ0Oa9pu sGdUeNUCHUxg+QsO4ut/2joWVQqqZa2rBZdM4P2G3WCakMIk4E4k2kUBI76i/IJ5 yZA5SxOwrNXuP7voioEWjpmBdpxTewsn1sVGX8hfuyFD3oDwl3QSI58UYoIbu2ns f5SIv5Y4LAM= =Bp9/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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