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I ran some X applications using ssh -Y my_address and now it asks me to unlock my RSA key every time I use it. I used to only have to unlock it once a day. What's going on?

I'm using Ubuntu 9.04.

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Is ssh-agent running in the background? – Grumbel Apr 21 '10 at 15:50
@Grumbel: Yep, it is. – Benjamin Oakes Apr 21 '10 at 16:25
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Found it elsewhere. I had to do this:

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
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Ugh... it happens again when I restart my computer. Running this command fixes it, but it doesn't seem like I should have to do this every day. – Benjamin Oakes Apr 22 '10 at 15:58
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I am sure you have fixed this by now, but you might be interested to see a response to a question I recently asked on AskUbuntu.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/36255/why-wont-ssh-agent-save-my-unencrypted-key-for-later-use/36302#36302

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