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Re: ssh-agent in startxwin.sh?


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




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