ssh-agent - is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication
To start the ssh-agent $ ssh-agent
To stop / kill the ssh-agent $ ssh-agent -k
To run ssh-agent in debug mode $ ssh-agent -d
To set bind socket name $ ssh-agent -a ~/demo-ssh-socket $SHELL
To set expiry time for keys $ ssh-agent -t 1800 $SHELL $ ssh-agent -t 10D $SHELL
regards, T.Dhanasekar