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ssh-agent.service
[Unit]
Description=SSH key agent
Documentation=man:ssh-agent(1)
# Configure ssh to use the socket:
# cat ~/.ssh/config
# Host *
# IdentityAgent ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/ssh-agent.socket
# ...
#
# Another option is to set the SSH_AUTH_SOCK env var to "$XDG_RUNTIME/ssh-agent.socket"
# probably via ~/.config/environment.d/
#
# cat ~/.config/environment.d/ssh.conf
# SSH_AUTH_SOCK=${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/ssh-agent.socket
#
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -D -a %t/ssh-agent.socket
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
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