On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:13:08 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >> I have been using ssh-agents for a while and I have good scripts and >> procedures to manage them. > > You use more than one at a time then? > >> Is there a way I can disable the provision of this automatically >> provided agent? It gets in the way, and I frequently have to manually >> delete it. > > It's started via some code in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common: > > # Prefix launch of session with ssh-agent if available and not already > running. SSH_AGENT= > if [ -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent -a -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then > if [ "x$TMPDIR" != "x" ]; then > SSH_AGENT="/usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/env TMPDIR=$TMPDIR" > else > SSH_AGENT="/usr/bin/ssh-agent" > fi > fi > > So if you've already started your ssh-agent, it shouldn't be started > again. If you don't want it to start because you plan to start it up > later, perhaps you could set the SSH_AGENT_PID variable? > > You can always edit the xinitrc-common script directly, but then you > have to remember to redo your changes after an update (that script isn't > marked as a %config script in the rpm). > [...] For now, I commented out that part of the script. I'm sure I will be reminded if I forget about it after an update. Considering your suggestion that I set the SSH_AGENT_PID variable, when does the xinitrc-common script run? Before or after my .bashrc? After some other standard script you might suggest? Thanks again for your help. Mike.
