Re: making the startup wait

[Loban Rahman <loban enigma caltech edu>]

> > eval `ssh-agent`
> > ssh-add
> > gnome-session
> 
> No, because you don't have a console at that point!  (At least, you
> don't on Redhat.)

Untrue. You don't need a console. ssh-add can bring up a graphical
"password entry". This his how I have my system:

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[Contents of] .xinitrc :

#!/bin/bash
exec ssh-agent ~/.xinitrc-ssh

[Contents of] .xinitrc-ssh :

#!/bin/bash
ssh-add < /dev/null
exec gnome-session
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On looking at the original example above, I guess this could be
shortened to:

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[Contents of] .xinitrc :
#!/bin/bash
eval `ssh-agent`
ssh-add < /dev/null
exec gnome-session
--------------------------------

In any case, the main points I want to make here is that :
by redirecting /dev/null as stdin to ssh-add, it causes it to bring up
a graphical "password entry" using X11.

	= L

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