On Friday 07 November 2003 3:52 am, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:39:58PM +0000, Geoff Thurman wrote: > > Forgive me if this is cretinous beyond compare, but I am confused. > > I am on a standalone machine, and never use SSH, and yet there is > > an SSH-agent in my /tmp. Is this normal? > > I believe that Debian's default X session scripts run your X session > inside an ssh-agent. It shouldn't cause any kind of problem, > security-related or otherwise; it's just there if you want it. > > Cheers, > > -- > Colin Watson > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you. This is a great relief, particularly coming, as it does, from such an authoritative source. I now understand the man pages a bit better, too. I have still removed the ssh package though, on the basis that I don't use it and can always put it back later if and when I need it. Thanks again, Geoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
