On Oct 1, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Tony Schreiner wrote on Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:01:23 -0400: > >> ssh-agent $SHELL >> >> which will not need the above step, but will start another shell, so >> you will need to exit twice to logout. > > This works, thanks. There's nothing of that mentioned in man ssh- > agent. > That also means I have to execute ssh-agent $SHELL and ssh-add each > time I > login and want to use forwarding, right? >> As far as I know that's right. Though it can be scripted into your login. Tony