Bug 135913

Summary:	Easier ssh-agent / ssh-add setup requested for Gnome
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2>
Component:	Basesystem	Assignee:	Dr. Werner Fink <werner>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ssh-agent_the_easy_way
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Description Bryce Nesbitt 2005-11-29 18:31:59 UTC

I suggest that SUSE make setting up 'ssh-agent' eaiser.  It is tricky, and the requred method seems to have changed with each new SUSE distribution.  Can you help make this easier?

I found good directions for setting up ssh-agent in KDE at:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ssh-agent_the_easy_way
But no equivalent instructions for Gnome.

Ssh-agent holds passphrases for public keys, allowing remote login.  It must be run as the parent process of the the shells that subsequently open.

Comment 1 Dr. Werner Fink 2005-11-30 10:25:51 UTC

Have a look into /etc/X11/xdm/sys.xsession  .. as long as the user
does not try out its own ~/.xsession the ssh-agent and the gpg-agent
is used.  For ssh the X11 interface for the passphrase is used.