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Auteur: Florian Zieboll
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Aan: dng
Onderwerp: Re: [DNG] Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:30:37 -0400
Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 13:03:01 +0200
> Florian Zieboll <f.zieboll@???> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 23:43:34 -0400
> > Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
> >
> > > Is it just me, or does ssh-agent interacting with dbus seem like a
> > > horrible idea?    

> >
> >
> > IIUC, they are only interacting insofar, that the ssh-agent will
> > terminate as soon as (in this case) dbus(-launch) exits.
> >
> > From the manpage:
> >
> > | SYNOPSIS
> > |    ssh-agent [-c | -s] [-d] [-a bind_address] [-t life] [command
> > [arg ...]] |
> > | (...)
> > | 
> > |    If a commandline is given, this is executed as a subprocess of
> > the |    agent. When the command dies, so does the agent.  

>
> Hi Florian,
>
> I'm not sure what you're saying. Are you saying that the command at
> the end of the ssh-agent line involves dbus?



Hallo Steve,

yes, that's how I interpret the (quote from the) manpage, which in fact
doesn't mention dbus at all.

Libre Grüße,

Florian