Re: ssh setup: what is the Debian way?

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:45:57 +0200
Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> wrote:

> Hello Paul,
> 
> Am 2007-04-07 20:26:23, schrieb Paul E Condon:
> > Debian automagically starts ssh-agent somewhere along the chain of
> > events that bring up X and Gnome.  I don't reboot often, but when I
> > do, I forget to run ssh-add.  Where can I place an invocation of
> > ssh-add so that it is run once just after login? I think there must be
> > a Debianly correct answer. What is it?
> 
> I do not know, why you want to start ssh-agent manualy, but I have a
> Development-Station where on ALL releases (Woody, Sarge, Etch, Lenny
> and Sid) the "ssh-agent" starts automaticaly.
> 
> I have NEVER started it by hand since it is started by
> "/etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent" automaticaly.
> Please look in
> 
>     man 5 Xsession.options
> 
> to solve this misbehaviour.

You're misreading his question; ssh-agent is configured by default to
start automagically, but not ssh-add.

Celejar