xinitrc: Start ssh-agent with -s.

[config/dotfiles.git] / xinitrc

diff --git a/xinitrc b/xinitrc
index 475da6ed98a4c2e6143f6f7a2e25ecd21cd6a486..5c4c007cc49698b3fb00669ff4ad3e151f307f0c 100755 (executable)
--- a/xinitrc
+++ b/xinitrc
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 # Start ssh-agent if we have private keys, thanks to
 # http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib/scripts/xinitrc (read on 2011-06-19).
 if [ -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent -a -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" ]; then
-    eval `ssh-agent`
+    # -s to force bourne shell output. This file is a bourne shell script even
+    # if the environment might suggest otherwise.
+    eval `/usr/bin/ssh-agent -s`
 fi
 
 # Use a black background for the root window.