If you have a workstation where you start the X Window System after logging in, you can have the whole windowing environment benefit from storing keys in memory. The X Window System is normally started with "startx", and the initial clients are in your "$HOME/.xinitrc" file.
[WOMBATNET:/home/wombat]
$ ssh-agent startx &
NOTE: Your system might have a non-standard way of starting the X Window System. Replace "startx" with the appropriate command if necessary. Ask your system administrator for the exact command to use.
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