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Re: How to not start ssh-agent with XFCE4 desktop (only gpg-agent)?

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On 2017-01-26, Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> wrote:
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> I have a Debian testing XFCE4 desktop system and use gpg-agent to
> manager ssh-agent protocol as well. There is "enable-ssh-support" in
> ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf file which, among other things, makes
> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90gpg-agent file set variable SSH_AUTH_SOCK so that
> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent file _doesn't_ start
> ssh-agent.
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> That works just fine (i.e., ssh-agent is not started) if I start a bare
> X session like
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>     $ startx /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal
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> but if I start a full XFCE4 session (/usr/bin/startxfce4) then something
> (but certainly not 90x11-common_ssh-agent) starts "ssh-agent -s" process
> and overrides SSH_AUTH_SOCK variable. And that's annoying.
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> So, does anybody know how to not start ssh-agent with XFCE4 desktop
> session?
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I haven't used XFCE for a while but, if I remember correctly.
/usr/bin/startxfce4 is a shell script. Maybe there's a clue in it.

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Liam

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How to not start ssh-agent with XFCE4 desktop (only gpg-agent)? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-01-26 19:30 +0100
  Re: How to not start ssh-agent with XFCE4 desktop (only gpg-agent)? Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2017-01-26 21:40 +0100
    Re: How to not start ssh-agent with XFCE4 desktop (only gpg-agent)? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2017-01-27 04:20 +0100
      Re: How to not start ssh-agent with XFCE4 desktop (only gpg-agent)? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-01-27 07:20 +0100

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