openssh unix dev - Feb 2003 - [Bug 500] New: show how to start-up ssh-agent by default...

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500

           Summary: show how to start-up ssh-agent by default...
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 3.5p1
          Platform: All
               URL: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Documentation
        AssignedTo: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: hauser at acm.org


An experienced user recommends to me:
<<I start ssh-agent in .xsession as follows:

# check if ssh-agent is running
SSH_AGENT_RUNNING=`ps x | grep 'ssh-agent' |grep -v grep`
if [ "$SSH_AGENT_RUNNING" = "" ]; then
    # start it if not
    eval `ssh-agent -s`
    # also add default entity
    ( sleep 5; env DISPLAY=:0 SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/local/bin/gnome-ssh-askpass
ssh-add ~/.ssh/identity ~/.ssh/id_dsa )&
 else
    # check if environment variables set
    if [ -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ] ; then
        # if not we set it
	# Note: if SSH_AGENT_PID is set we assume that it is set correctly and
	# also SSH_AUTH_SOCK is set
	export SSH_AGENT_PID=`echo $SSH_AGENT_RUNNING | cut -f 1 -d ' '`
	# Unfortunatly PID in SSH_AUTH_SOCK is not the same as AGENT_PID.
	# Heuristic: usually it's one less ...
	typeset -i SSH_AUTH_PID=$SSH_AGENT_PID-1
	export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=`ls /tmp/ssh-*/agent.$SSH_AUTH_PID`
    fi
    # assume it's has default identity ...
fi>>

A hint to something similar like this in the manual probably wouldn't reduce
ssh-agent adoption...



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