On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 08:26:23PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Debian automagically starts ssh-agent somewhere along the chain of
> events that bring up X and Gnome. I don't reboot often, but when I
> do, I forget to run ssh-add. Where can I place an invocation of
> ssh-add so that it is run once just after login? I think there must be
> a Debianly correct answer. What is it?
>
So, I learned a lot about what doesn't work for me. I settled on
adding the following to my .bashrc:
if [ -x /usr/bin/ssh ] && [ -d ~/.ssh ]; then
function ssh {
if [ "The agent has no identities." = "$(ssh-add -L)" ]; then
ssh-add
fi
/usr/bin/ssh $@
unset -f ssh
}
fi
This defines a bash function that overlays ssh. When I forgetfully
start ssh without first running ssh-add, this runs ssh-add for me,
then drops me into the real ssh, then wipes itself out of bash
environment. IWFM. I'm still interested in a less kludgy solution, but
have other things to do. Thanks to all.
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Paul E Condon
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