On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Amos Shapira wrote:

> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
> |On 6 Jan 1998, Rob Browning wrote:
> |
> |> Or if you use X, just put:
> |>=20
> |>   exec ssh-agent ~/.x-common-startup
> |>=20
> |> in your .xinitrc.  Then you can run ssh-add once after logging in, and
> |> never type the phrase again until you log out.
> |
> |I have been looking al over for this trick... Tried this one to, which did
> |not work...
> 
> It's very simple (assuming that a .xsession is equal in function to .xinitrc) 
> here is my .xsession:

Simpler than that, just put

eval `ssh-agent`

At the top of your .xsession. Call ssh-add from a xterm when you want to
enable your key. 

Jason


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