Re: A question about ssh-agent

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:05:47 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:

> Some might think I have no business wanting to know the answer to this
> question, but bare with me:
> 
> Where in the start-up code of a system that is running ssh client is the
> ssh-agent started? It has got to be early in the process, but where? 
> And what exactly is done? Should I be able to see it in an init.d
> script?  

(...)

>From "man ssh-agent":

***
DESCRIPTION
ssh-agent is a program to hold private keys used for public key 
authentication (RSA, DSA).  The idea is that ssh-agent is started in the 
beginning of an X-session or a login session, and all other windows or 
programs are started as clients to the ssh-agent program.  Through use of 
environment variables the agent can be located and automatically used for 
authentication when logging in to other machines using ssh(1).
***

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón