Re: [PLUG] Invoking ssh-agent in Slackware

2016-10-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016, King Beowulf wrote: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/how-to-properly-set-gpg-agent-in-slackware-14-1-a-4175560666/ Ah, specific to gnupg. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Invoking ssh-agent in Slackware

2016-10-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016, King Beowulf wrote: > If you haven't already, take a gander at > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/how-to-properly-set-gpg-agent-in-slackware-14-1-a-4175560666/ > > Although for 14.1 it is still applicable to 14.2. Thanks, Ed. My web searches did not

Re: [PLUG] Invoking ssh-agent in Slackware

2016-10-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016, Steve Dum wrote: > If you are using gnome, Steve, Nope. Don't do Gnome or KDE. > If you do a lot of access to different systems, ... Only connect to the server from one of my portables when I'm away, or use ssh to transfer files among these hosts while in the

Re: [PLUG] Invoking ssh-agent in Slackware

2016-10-31 Thread King Beowulf
On 10/30/2016 11:27 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >My web searches fail to find explicit instructions for invoking ssh-agent > when a system is booted. My inclination is to add a line to > /etc/rc.d/rc.local: > > /usr/bin/ssh-agent > >I could place it in a test for the file's existence, but I

Re: [PLUG] Invoking ssh-agent in Slackware

2016-10-31 Thread Steve Dum
Rich, If you are using gnome, part of it's startup includes creating a ssh-agent for you, and the first time you try to ssh elsewhere it prompts you to unlock the agent. There is a program out there called keychain (search for 'linux keychain ssh-agent') which wouks well in non gnome