I'm trying to learn the use of ssh-agent. Why don't the environment vars
SSH_AGENT_PID, SSH_AUTH_SOCK get set?

I run ssh-agent and get:

ashleymyhost:~ > ssh-agent
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXap8e9I/agent.27104; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=27105; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 27105;

I check the pid:
ashleymyhost:~ > ps aux
.
.
ashley 27105 0.0 0.0 1628 636 ? S 10:56 0:00 ssh-agent
ashley 27106 0.0 0.0 2420 724 pts/2 R 10:57 0:00 ps aux

But the environment vars are not available:
ashleymyhost:~ > echo $SSH_AGENT_PID

ashleymyhost:~ > ssh-agent -k
SSH_AGENT_PID not set, cannot kill agent

If I set them by hand all is well:
ashleymyhost:~ > SSH_AGENT_PID=27105
ashleymyhost:~ > export $SSH_AGENT_PID
ashleymyhost:~ > echo $SSH_AGENT_PID
27105
ashleymyhost:~ > ssh-agent -k
unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
unset SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 27105 killed;

If I select the output of ssh-agent with the mouse and execute it,
everything is fine. How can I get ssh-agent to do this by itself?

I tried this :
ashleymyhost:~ > ssh-agent |bash -x
+ SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXAv2eMv/agent.27247
+ export SSH_AUTH_SOCK
+ SSH_AGENT_PID=27249
+ export SSH_AGENT_PID
+ echo Agent pid 27249
Agent pid 27249
ashleymyhost:~ > echo $SSH_AGENT_PID

ashleymyhost:~ >

Oh,well. I'm obviously missing something.

It seems to me that a 558 page O'Reilly bood may be overkill, but
the manpages alone aren't enough for some of us slow ones.

-- 
-ashley
	One of these days I'm going to completely organize my life.
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