Background: I'm planning to switch from a CentOS 6 workstation to one running Fedora 17.  Some things are different.  I have questions.

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## How can I prevent GNOME from prompting for my ssh key password?

    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
    Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle)
    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
    /run/user/pdurbin/keyring-Nq4yQX/ssh
    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh-add
    Enter passphrase for /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa: 
    Identity added: /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa)
    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh server1.greptilian.com

A pop up appears:

> Enter password to unlock the private key
> 
> An application wants access to the private key
> 'pdurbin@beamish', but it is locked
>
> Password:
> 
> () Automatically unlock this key
> whenever I'm logged in
> 
> (Cancel)   (Unlock)

I click "Cancel" (twice) and see this back on the console:

    Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
    Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
    pdurbin@server1.greptilian.com's password: 

For now, this is my workaround:

    [root@beamish ~]# cd /etc/xdg/autostart
    [root@beamish autostart]# grep Exec gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop
    Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=ssh
    [root@beamish autostart]# mv gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop.disabled
    [root@beamish autostart]# reboot

    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh-add
    Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ exec ssh-agent bash
    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh-add
    Enter passphrase for /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa: 
    Identity added: /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa)
    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh server1.greptilian.com
    Last login: Wed Jul 11 09:57:51 2012 from dhcp-0164953481-93-7f.client.fas.harvard.edu
    [pdurbin@server1 ~]$ 

The problem with this, however, is that I have to run `exec ssh-agent bash` and `ssh-add` every time I open a new terminal window!

See also:

http://blog.bogosity.se/2010/03/01/ssh-agent-without-the-gnome-keyring/

https://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Ssh