Proper way to use 'ssh-agent' and 'ssh-add' ?

[John Vetterli]

Set up your window manager to be invoked from ssh-agent, kinda like this 
sample script:

#!/bin/bash
exec /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox

Now all xterms (and other processes) that your window manager launches 
will use the one ssh-agent session, so you only need to enter your 
passphrase once per X session.

JV

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, William Park wrote:
> What is proper way to use 'ssh-agent' and 'ssh-add'?
> Manpage says, 'ssh-agent' is to be run within login console, like
>    eval `ssh-agent -s`
> and killed with
>    eval `ssh-agent -s -k`
> If I put that in ~/.profile, then I have to type my passphrase on every
> login console or xterm.  Very painful.
> I would like to run 'ssh-add' once, either at console or Xterm; and,
> after that, all my ssh activities should lookup 'ssh-agent', whether I'm
> at virtual consoles or Xterms.
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