SSh-agent not dying after vnc viewer exit/logoff/logout/disconnect

[James Weatherall]

Joe,

You didn't mention anything about running SSH earlier.  That would probab;y
explain why you're getting ssh-agent processes running.  You probably want
to configure your SSH client not to use ssh-agent, since it appears not to
be terminating itself.

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Financial 
> Systems & Economic Analytics
> Sent: 01 February 2006 15:01
> To: S. I. Becker
> Cc: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Re: SSh-agent not dying after vnc viewer 
> exit/logoff/logout/disconnect
> 
> On my system, I am using xinetd following the vnc mail list example. 
> 
> So,
> When is the ssh getting call when a vnc session starts?
> 
> How to I set up a script or set the ssh session to die after a short 
> time (say 60 secs)?
> 
> 
> Thank you
> Joe
> 
> 
> S. I. Becker wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Stewart,
> >>
> >> Ssh clients hold the connection open so long as there is something 
> >> using it,
> >> in this case a forwarded port.  There's no way that the 
> client could 
> >> exit
> >> without causing the forwarded port to close, too.
> >>
> >
> > James,
> >
> > That's the point!  You initiate the ssh session, with a 
> shell/script 
> > that will just exit after, say, 60 seconds.  In the mean 
> time you set 
> > up the tunnelled VNC session.  The ssh session exits when 
> the time is 
> > up, but is held open by the open tunnelled port(s).  Then 
> when you do 
> > close the VNC session, the ssh session closes too because 
> there is now 
> > nothing to keep it open, which is what I thought was wanted.
> >
> > Stewart
> >
> >
> 
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