On Friday 07 November 2003 1:10 pm, Greg Norris wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 07:58:26AM +0000, Geoff Thurman wrote: > > 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. > > I believe that you can disable the original behaviour by editing > /etc/X11/Xsession.options, and commenting out the "use-ssh-agent" > entry.
Excellent, thanks. I'll have a look at that if and when I start logging in anywhere remotely. As it is I have used the hatchet rather than the scalpel. It wasn't so much the use of ssh-agent that bothered me anyway but rather the reason behind it - I had never really looked in /tmp before and panicked when I found something odd (to me) there. And at the time (it was late, honest) I couldn't get my head around the phrase 'remote machine'. I couldn't decide whether that ssh-agent showed that my computer was now somebody else's remote machine, or whether it was for my own use. Now I know it isn't really a problem. But there's no point keeping SSH if I won't use it so it's gone. Thanks for taking the time, Geoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
