----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Chandler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:11 PM Subject: Re: using ssh-agent with kde
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 12 February 2002 2:23 pm, yugami wrote: > > > > > there is a setting in the kdm config that turns on ssh-agent, and a gui app > > that asks for your passphrase. > > OK, I'll bite - what setting? > > I went all the way through /etc/kde2/kdm/kdmrc and I could find no such > setting. I also looked in kdm.options sorry, not kdm, Xsession.options add a line use-ssh-agent > > > > what I do is use kdm and then set SSH_ASKPASS to point to that gui app and > > run ssh-add at login to kde > > Whats the name of the gui app that you use - I am aware of the debian > ssh_askpass packages for an x app - is there a kde one? (I seem to remember > seeing one a while back but can't find it) whatever the x app one is, you don't need anything specific to KDE just config kde to launch ssh-add on startup, ssh-add launches the ssh_askpass program.
