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