Bug 135913 - Easier ssh-agent / ssh-add setup requested for Gnome
Summary: Easier ssh-agent / ssh-add setup requested for Gnome
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
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Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Basesystem (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Enhancement
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Assignee: Dr. Werner Fink
QA Contact: E-mail List
URL: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ssh-agen...
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Reported: 2005-11-29 18:31 UTC by Bryce Nesbitt
Modified: 2005-11-30 10:25 UTC (History)
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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.