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Re: ssh-add <defunct>: where's the reaper.



On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:33:32PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Bill Moseley wrote:
> > I'm using this (subsection) in .xsession:
> > 
> > $HOME/bin/root_window.pl &
> > ssh-add  $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa_pine < /dev/null &
> 
> Tsk, tsk!  You should have a passphrase on your key.  Contemplate this
> instead.
> 
>   xterm -e ssh-add

When ssh-add's stdin is not a tty and $DISPLAY is set, it pops up
ssh-askpass to ask you for a passphrase.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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