Joe, Ssh-agent is nothing to do with VNC. A trivial web-search for "ssh-agent" shows that it's an SSH key-management helper program, and may also be launched by Gnome.
Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Financial > Systems & Economic Analytics > Sent: 01 February 2006 14:51 > To: James Weatherall > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SSh-agent not dying after vnc viewer > exit/logoff/logout/disconnect > > James, > > If these two are not related? Why does an ssh-agent start > every time I > open a vnc session to my server? I have tested this by > logging in from > my PC and the looking at the processess list for my logged in user. I > kill all the ssh-agents and did it all again. > > I found this because in setting the vnc up, I logged in and out many > many time. I had 30+ ssh-agents running in the background on > the server. > > Thank you > Joe > > > James Weatherall wrote: > > Joe, > > > > SSH is a separate system to VNC. The two are not related. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Financial > >> Systems & Economic Analytics > >> Sent: 01 February 2006 05:37 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: SSh-agent not dying after vnc viewer > >> exit/logoff/logout/disconnect > >> > >> I could use a little help. > >> > >> I am running VNC 4.1 on a linux RHEL4 machine using xinetd. I have > >> found that the ssh-agent starts each time I log into the > server, but > >> does not die/exit when I logout, logoff, or disconnect. > >> > >> I have read the mailing lists and googled for several hours > >> but can not > >> find the setting in the vnc documents or the way to call a > exit script > >> when the service stops. Can any one help me get ssh-agent to > >> exit when > >> I quit the viewer? > >> > >> Thank you > >> joe > >> _______________________________________________ > >> VNC-List mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To remove yourself from the list visit: > >> http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
