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Re: ssh-agent in startxwin.sh?
- From: Jehan <nahor at bravobrava dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 16:34:48 -0700
- Subject: Re: ssh-agent in startxwin.sh?
- Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin.xfree
- References: <aibq1k$gs5$1@main.gmane.org> <3D49A792.8010103@msu.edu>
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Harold L Hunt II wrote:
Jehan,
I had probably asked the same question of others at some point.
Remember, I inherited the initial versions of these scripts from
others. There were no comments, whatsoever, in the initial versions of
these scripts. As I have said before, I am a terrible computer *user*,
so I have difficulty evaluating whether a command such as ssh-agent
should stay or be taken out.
Can you do a search of the mailing list archives for ssh-agent and let
me know what the conclusion was, if any, about removing it or keeping it?
I am guessing that you are probably right... since I know a little more
about ssh now and I can guess that ssh-agent is only useful to users
that know what they are using it for, and you are right that there
should be a dependency on ssh if we are using ssh-agent. Just let me
know what you uncover and I will probably remove ssh-agent from
startxwin.sh.
I couldn't find any discussion about this issue.
AFAIK, ssh-agent is only used to log on a ssh session without having to
enter a password. It has nothing to do with X. Moreover the batch file
doesn't use it and works well. And just for testing, I removed it from
my sh script and was still able to start X with wmaker and an xterm. So
I think it can safely be removed from the script.
The only drawback I can see is for people who rely on ssh-agent being
loaded with startxwin. But they will just have to modify their start
script or, better, modify their .xinitrc.
Jehan