what is ssh-sgent?

Chris G cl at isbd.net
Sun May 4 19:26:45 UTC 2008


On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 11:38:42AM -0500, sktsee wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2008-05-04 at 09:18 +0100, Chris G wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > ssh-agent is a useful utility in some circumstances but, in my
> > opinion, doesn't offer me much.  It's a pity it can't be turned off
> > easily, if you don't use it then it does nothing but is one of those
> > processes that provokes threads like this one - "what's it for?".
> > 
> 
> It's very easy to turn off.
> 
> 1. Edit /etc/X11/Xsession.options and comment out the line
> "use-ssh-agent".
> 2. Restart your session.
> 
Ah, news to me, my Fedora system doesn't have that but I have to admit
that my Ubuntu system does!  :-)

-- 
Chris Green




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