F9 KDE4 running ssh-add at login
Hello, I am running Fedora 9, with KDE4, and am trying to get ssh-add to prompt me for my passphrase when KDE starts up. Actually it does prompt me, but the problem seems to be that it never remembers the passphrase. I always have to manually run 'ssh-add' from the command-line, and then enter the passphrase. I see that others have had a similar problem (and not just Fedora users), but none of the solutions work. I have tried adding a soft link to 'ssh-add' in the ~/.kde/Autostart directory; I currently have a very small shell script that calls '/usr/bin/ssh-add' in the Autostart directory; I have also tried these solutions in the ~/.kde/env directory; and finally I have tried using ksshaskpass, which also did not work, but as far as I can tell this only works for KDE3 at the moment. Putting in some simple echo commands (redirected to a file), I can see that the script in Autostart is being run, and that ssh-agent is running. Anyone got a solution for this? Thanks, John. -- --- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F9 KDE4 running ssh-add at login
John Horne wrote: > Hello, > > I am running Fedora 9, with KDE4, and am trying to get ssh-add to prompt > me for my passphrase when KDE starts up. Actually it does prompt me, but > the problem seems to be that it never remembers the passphrase. I always > have to manually run 'ssh-add' from the command-line, and then enter the > passphrase. > > I see that others have had a similar problem (and not just Fedora > users), but none of the solutions work. I have tried adding a soft link > to 'ssh-add' in the ~/.kde/Autostart directory; I currently have a very > small shell script that calls '/usr/bin/ssh-add' in the Autostart > directory; I have also tried these solutions in the ~/.kde/env > directory; and finally I have tried using ksshaskpass, which also did > not work, but as far as I can tell this only works for KDE3 at the > moment. ~/.kde/env should work (so should ksshaskpass, afaik). ~/Autostart (afaik) only works for .desktop files. -- Rex -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F9 KDE4 running ssh-add at login
On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 19:39 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > John Horne wrote: > > > > I am running Fedora 9, with KDE4, and am trying to get ssh-add to prompt > > me for my passphrase when KDE starts up. Actually it does prompt me, but > > the problem seems to be that it never remembers the passphrase. I always > > have to manually run 'ssh-add' from the command-line, and then enter the > > passphrase. > > > > I see that others have had a similar problem (and not just Fedora > > users), but none of the solutions work. I have tried adding a soft link > > to 'ssh-add' in the ~/.kde/Autostart directory; I currently have a very > > small shell script that calls '/usr/bin/ssh-add' in the Autostart > > directory; I have also tried these solutions in the ~/.kde/env > > directory; and finally I have tried using ksshaskpass, which also did > > not work, but as far as I can tell this only works for KDE3 at the > > moment. > > ~/.kde/env should work (so should ksshaskpass, afaik). > > ~/Autostart (afaik) only works for .desktop files. > I have used a small shell script in the Autostart directory for the past several releases of Fedora, and it has worked fine. If the use of 'Autostart' has changed (which is perfectly possible), then it is something recent. The site I looked at for ksshaskpass (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Ksshaskpass?content=50971) states: A KDE 4 version of ksshaskpass is in the works. and the current version depends on "KDE 3.x". Hence I assumed the currently available version is for KDE3 only. John. -- --- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F9 KDE4 running ssh-add at login
John Horne plymouth.ac.uk> writes: > The site I looked at for ksshaskpass > (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Ksshaskpass?content=50971) > states: > > A KDE 4 version of ksshaskpass is in the works. > > and the current version depends on "KDE 3.x". Hence I assumed the > currently available version is for KDE3 only. ksshaskpass indeed depends on KDE 3 libraries, but it works just fine in a KDE 4 environment. Programs for any X11 desktop environment usually work in any other, and that's also how backwards compatibility with KDE 3 works. Kevin Kofler -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
