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--- networking:ssh:multiple-systemd-ssh-agents [2022/05/07 01:51] – [Gotchas] chuck
+++ networking:ssh:multiple-systemd-ssh-agents [2022/05/07 02:00] (current) – [Manage the ssh-agent service] chuck
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+=====Administration=====
+====Manage the ssh-agent service====
+  * Start and enable the agent as your regular user (and similar for the other agent(s)):<code bash>
+systemctl --user enable --now ssh-agent@<name>.service
+</code>
+  * Check status of the ssh-agent service:<code bash>
+systemctl --user status ssh-agent@<name>.service
+</code>
+  * Stop the ssh-agent service:<code bash>
+systemctl --user stop ssh-agent@<name>.service
+</code>
+===Naming the ssh-agent services===
+  * Whatever name you use for each service will be included in the name of the agent's socket.
+  * For example, if we named one ''%%foo%%'' and another ''%%bar%%'':<code bash>
+systemctl --user enable --now [email protected]
+systemctl --user enable --now [email protected]
+</code>
+  * We would have two new socket files:<code bash>
+"$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/foo-agent.socket"
+"$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bar-agent.socket"
+</code>
+----
 =====Set a default ssh-agent=====
   * Create an environment variable in your preferred startup file (eg ''%%~/.profile%%'', ''%%~/.bash_profile%%'', etc):<code bash>
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-=====Administration=====
-====Manage the ssh-agent service====
-  * Start and enable the agent as your regular user (and similar for the other agent(s)):<code bash>
-systemctl --user enable --now ssh-agent@<name>.service
-</code>
-  * Check status of the ssh-agent service:<code bash>
-systemctl --user status ssh-agent@<name>.service
-</code>
-  * Stop the ssh-agent service:<code bash>
-systemctl --user stop ssh-agent@<name>.service
-</code>
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 ====Manage the keys in the ssh-agent====