[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: using ssh-agent with kde



> Hash: SHA1
>
> I would like to setup a system in which as I log in to kde, I also add my
ssh
> passphrase to ssh-agent.
>
> I am convinved in an earlier version of kde I can recall seeing ssh-agent
> running as a child process of kdeinit - and I didn't set this up
specifically.
>
> It is not the case now - is there a setting I should use to make it
happen?

there is a setting in the kdm config that turns on ssh-agent, and a gui app
that asks for your passphrase.

what I do is use kdm and then set SSH_ASKPASS to point to that gui app and
run ssh-add at login to kde

the env. variable SSH_ASKPASS is what ssh-add uses to get input from
anouther application.

if you man ssh-add near the bottom under ENVIRONMENT this is discussed.





Reply to: