In article <19991106015558.A23063@rising.com.au> you write: >No matter, I ditched it anyway. But how do I get something in >.xsession to ask me for my passphrase? ssh-add does nothing >without a controlling terminal, ssh-askpass seems to echo its input >to the terminal.. obviously there is a trick here somewhere! ssh-add < /dev/null works for me. Dave