X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Mark Moriarty" To: "'Karl M'" , References: <4802CD4D.2030805@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <480A3B4C.2040205@cwilson.fastmail.fm> Subject: RE: Vista + cygwin basics Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:25:57 -0400 Message-ID: <019801c8a4d0$37d66750$3202a8c0@Mark> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com I'd be interested in it :) -----Original Message----- From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Karl M Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:09 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: Vista + cygwin basics Hi Chuck... > The other issue is related, I think. I'm using keychain from my > ~/.bashrc, so it should start an ssh-agent if none is running, and > then save that PID to a file. Then any new shell can check for the PID > in that file, contact the exising ssh-agent, and continue. > Just a comment...keychain is pretty heavy for what you get in Cygwin. I had problems a long time ago with a slow laptop running XP SP2 with Cygwin windows taking a long time to open if I kicked off several at once, particularly at boot time. My solution was to launch ssh-agent as a service (one for each user that wants it). That service spawns the agent and updates the user environment in the registry so that other processes can find the ssh-agent process/socket. The advantages are that it is fast and the agent survives a logout (only rekey for a reboot is desired). I had thought about offering it as a package, but there was insufficient interest. Your are welcome to it if you are interested. It has been rock solid for years. :.) ...Karl _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself wherever you are. Mobilize! http://www.gowindowslive.com/Mobile/Landing/Messenger/Default.aspx?Locale=en -US?ocid=TAG_APRIL -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/