{{tag>ssh}}

====== Add ssh-agent for ssh-key ======
In .bashrc:

<code bash>
SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/environment"
function start_agent {
        echo "Initialising new SSH agent..."
        /usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "${SSH_ENV}"
        echo succeeded
        chmod 600 "${SSH_ENV}"
        . "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
        /usr/bin/ssh-add -t 432000 ;
}

if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
        . "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
        ps -ef | grep ${SSH_AGENT_PID} | grep ssh-agent$ > /dev/null || {
                start_agent;
        }
else
        start_agent;
fi    
</code>
====== Tested on ======
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====== See also ======

====== References ======