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inkle

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Registered: 2026-01-25

Posts: 8

SSH, how do I disable / remove it

Other than making rudimentary use of ssh many years ago, maybe 20, I don't know anything about.

My concern on my recent fresh install is this file

/tmp/ssh-oBEAagd4l8SU/agent.1119

Why does it exist ?

Edit:
How do I interpret this:
# ps aux | grep ssh
jessie          1162  0.0  0.0  10528  1740 ?        Ss   Feb07   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent x-session-manager

Last edited by inkle (2026-02-08 17:43:23)

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002445

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Registered: 2021-10-07

Posts: 32

Re: SSH, how do I disable / remove it

ssh agent is a process where you can temporarily keep unlocked ssh keys so you don't have to type your password every time you use SSH. You should be able to type `ssh-add` in a terminal and get some feedback from ssh agent.

It is harmless but if you don't want to use it you should look for:

eval `ssh-agent`

in your startup scripts since that is how it is usually started. And remove that.

Last edited by 002445 (2026-02-08 18:04:57)