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--- networking:ssh:multiple-systemd-ssh-agents [2022/05/07 01:57] – [Naming the ssh-agent-services] chuck
+++ networking:ssh:multiple-systemd-ssh-agents [2022/05/07 02:00] (current) – [Manage the ssh-agent service] chuck
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 =====Administration=====
-====Naming the ssh-agent services====
-  * What name to use for each service will also be the name of the 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>
-$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/foo-service.socket
-$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bar-service.socket
-</code>
-----
 ====Manage the ssh-agent service====
   * Start and enable the agent as your regular user (and similar for the other agent(s)):<code bash>
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 </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>