what is ssh-sgent?

[andy baxter]

John K Masters wrote:
> On 21:29 Sat 03 May     , andy baxter wrote:
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>> andy baxter wrote:
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>>> John K Masters wrote:
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>>>> On 20:50 Sat 03 May     , andy baxter wrote:
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>> P.S. I don't have any concrete reason to think my machine has been got 
>> at - I was just poking around my system and found that ssh-agent has a 
>> socket in /tmp.
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> Should be fine. As I said ssh-agent gets installed when you install ssh.
> However, if you are not using a service whether ssh or whatever then it
> is probably best to turn it off.
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OK. thanks.